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Super Quick Cauliflower / Gobi Biryani Recipe

February 18, 2020 36 Comments

Yes, I totally made this recipe up. There’s no such thing as a Cauliflower Biriyani. No, you are right, cauliflower does get added on to vegetable biriyani occasionally there’s no biriyani that’s exclusively dedicated to cauliflower.

gobi biryani recipe

I am also going to say this up front before you read through the whole recipe and get disappointed. You need Biryani Masala to make this recipe. Its not one of those grind-your-spices-fresh type of recipe because that would make this a non super quick dish, and today we are all about super quick.

Its also a prerequisite to like cauliflower inorder to enjoy this dish.

gobi biryani recipe

Gobi Biryani / Cauliflower Biryani Recipe
Serves 3

Ingredients:
1.5 cups basmati rice (or any long-grained rice)
1 large onion + 2 green chillies, ground to a paste
1 large tomato, pureed
A handful of green peas (fresh or frozen)
1 medium sized cauliflower, washed and cut into florets (around 4 cups)
1 tbsp ghee (or oil)
Fresh chopped coriander leaves for garnish (optional)

The Masala
1/2 tsp jeera / cumin
1 tsp dhania / coriander powder
A pinch of turmeric
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 heaping tbsp of biryani masala
Salt to taste

How to make Gobi Biryani:

1. Cook the basmati rice in 5 cups of boiling, slightly salted water until cooked but still firm. Set aside.

2. Heat the ghee in a pan and add the onion-green chilly paste. You can also slice the onions and chillies and add it that way but I felt like grinding it so I did. Fry the onion paste for about 2 mins. It will start losing moisture and get thicker.

3. At this stage, add all the masala ingredients in the order given. Fry well for about a minute till it starts smelling gooood.

4. Add the tomato puree, peas and cut cauliflower florets. Give it a good mix and cook closed on low fire until the cauliflower is cooked soft, yet retains its shape (about 5-7 mins). You can sprinkle some water if you feel the mixture is getting too dry.

5. Once done, check salt and then mix in the cooked rice gently until well combined. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve with any raita and papad.

The preparation time for this biriyani is significantly less because you are not pounding any masala last minute. Depending on what biriyani masala you use, you will get a distinct flavour each time – I love that variety!

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  1. Pepper Tadka

    November 15, 2012 at 11:17 am

    Wow that sounds like an easy peasy biriyani. And the bucket looks so cute.

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  2. [email protected]

    March 1, 2011 at 7:43 am

    this is SO good! and I love that basket of yours. Where did you get it from?>

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  3. Nags

    March 1, 2011 at 7:46 am

    A steel store in Trichy, Tamilnadu, ,called Mangal and Mangal

    Reply
  4. Miri

    February 25, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    Love Love love this biryani 🙂

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  5. LambAround

    February 20, 2011 at 9:56 pm

    I can't wait to try this! I bought a cauliflower earlier this week and have been browsing for a great recipe to use it in. Thanks 🙂

    Reply
  6. Priya Sreeram

    February 20, 2011 at 11:59 am

    nice recipe-i too make somethg like this with available veggie

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  7. Alisa

    February 20, 2011 at 9:20 am

    What a delicious recipe! And I love your presentation too.I followed you from the foodieblogroll and I'd love to guide Foodista readers to your site. I hope you could add this cauliflower widget at the end of this post so we could add you in our list of food bloggers who blogged about recipes with cauliflower,Thanks!

    Reply
  8. Usha

    February 20, 2011 at 3:19 am

    That is a cute bucket!

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  9. Shanavi

    February 18, 2011 at 6:17 pm

    Job well done yaar..I simply loved the way u putforth for making this yummy biriyani

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  10. Nostalgia

    February 18, 2011 at 6:01 pm

    Looks good!

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  11. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

    February 18, 2011 at 5:19 pm

    First of all, I think I may have already mentioned, but I love your cute copper bucket. Where did you buy it from?

    And, wow love your biryani as well 🙂

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  12. Saee Koranne-Khandekar

    February 18, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    I think biryani is like fried rice–in that you can make it with whatever you've got in the fridge. Yours looks yum. Would love it with a crunchy red onion raita!

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  13. Anonymous

    February 18, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    This sounds very good. I have Sunetra Humbad's cookbook (Indian Vegetarian Cooking In Your House) & whenever she adds a paste to the oil, she says to cook until the spices begin to separate from the oil. As a non-Indian cook, I like the visual aid in knowing when to move on to the next step.

    I very much like your blog & photos. Thank you so much!

    Reply
  14. Honey

    February 18, 2011 at 6:24 am

    Wow, this looks so good. My mom makes this dish quite often without the biryani masala. I love your picture and I love those copper dishware, it's so mughlai, love it.

    Reply
  15. Divya Kudua

    February 18, 2011 at 4:45 am

    I love cauliflower and I love Biryani..on my to-do list!!

    p.s-love the bucket!!

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  16. swati

    February 18, 2011 at 1:20 am

    wow.Looks so good. tempting

    Reply
  17. Sneh | Cook Republic

    February 17, 2011 at 11:16 pm

    Love cauliflower, have biryani masala, will make! 🙂

    Reply
  18. Priya

    February 17, 2011 at 9:42 pm

    Lovely bucket, briyani looks soooo delicious..

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  19. Siri

    February 17, 2011 at 7:42 pm

    Such cute little bucket is that. 🙂 I <3 it. Thr biryani got a new character becoz of that bucket.

    Yum yum.

    Siri

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  20. Madhavi

    February 17, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    Love love love this biryani..yummmmm!!!

    Reply
  21. Nithya

    February 17, 2011 at 5:21 pm

    I love the bucket 😉 and the rice also 🙂 yummy and simple 🙂

    Reply
  22. Namratha

    February 17, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    Love the bucket, makes the Biryani very authentic.

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  23. Anu Nandu

    February 17, 2011 at 4:09 pm

    Let me guess – the bucket from ur Delhi trip? Looks gorgeous – both outside and inside. I make a Cauliflower pulav close to this but without the tomato puree. I have 2 big cauliflowers in my fridge and I might just be making this for dinner today!

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  24. harsha

    February 17, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    thanks nags! love your cooking style and use of ingredients !i dont have biriyani masala with me so il jus go ahead and up the regular homemade biriyani spice masala a bit and see how this turns out..

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  25. jeyashrisuresh

    February 17, 2011 at 1:29 pm

    This looks very yummy , and never tried this shan bombay biryani masala. Cute bucket and nice click.Will try this out soon

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  26. Sanjeeta kk

    February 17, 2011 at 11:19 am

    Love the bucket! Cauliflower and Biryani – a scrumptios combo.
    In the last post I could not see the pictures but can see all in this one, Nags.

    Reply
  27. Arch

    February 17, 2011 at 10:41 am

    The bucket is too cute…And in Konkani cooking, there is actually a cauliflower bhath, in which rice and cauliflowers are cooked in coconut milk…

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  28. Kamalika

    February 17, 2011 at 10:41 am

    The bucket reminds me of the sambhar and rasam served in some Chettinad Restuarants. Cute pics. Bookmarked. I love Cauliflower, so I qualify to make it…

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  29. Paaka Shaale

    February 17, 2011 at 10:19 am

    Yummy Biryani Nags!!! I liked the cute bucket 🙂

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  30. Premalatha Aravindhan

    February 17, 2011 at 10:15 am

    Dhool Briyani…I can't see the 2nd picture,i chk one more time.Cute presentation.

    Reply
  31. Sharmilee! :)

    February 17, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    This is one interesting recipe…sounds and looks super tasty

    Reply
  32. RAKS KITCHEN

    February 17, 2011 at 10:25 am

    Forgot to tell,my next post uses the same kind of bucket too 🙂 pics are nice 🙂

    Reply
  33. Nags

    February 17, 2011 at 10:17 am

    Yeah there are some issues with the biryani pictures, not sure why! Let me know if it persists, Prema 🙂

    Reply
    • Anonymous

      January 12, 2012 at 3:08 pm

      Hi..How do you prepare biryani masala?

      Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      January 13, 2012 at 2:03 am

      I don't make my own masala, I buy it. If you don't want to do that, just use some extra cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg and star anise when you make your biryani

      Reply
  34. RAKS KITCHEN

    February 17, 2011 at 10:16 am

    I will try this for my kid,he loves cauliflower in briyani and if its a'cauliflower'briyani,then he would sure love it!

    Reply

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