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 / 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 tablespoon ghee (or oil)
Fresh chopped coriander leaves for garnish (optional)
The Masala
½ teaspoon jeera / cumin
1 teaspoon dhania / coriander powder
A pinch of turmeric
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
1 heaping tablespoon 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!
jeyashrisuresh
This looks very yummy , and never tried this shan bombay biryani masala. Cute bucket and nice click.Will try this out soon
Sanjeeta kk
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.
Arch
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...
Kamalika
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...
Paaka Shaale
Yummy Biryani Nags!!! I liked the cute bucket 🙂
Premalatha Aravindhan
Dhool Briyani...I can't see the 2nd picture,i chk one more time.Cute presentation.
Sharmilee! :)
This is one interesting recipe...sounds and looks super tasty
RAKS KITCHEN
Forgot to tell,my next post uses the same kind of bucket too 🙂 pics are nice 🙂
Nags
Yeah there are some issues with the biryani pictures, not sure why! Let me know if it persists, Prema 🙂
Anonymous
Hi..How do you prepare biryani masala?
Nagalakshmi V
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
RAKS KITCHEN
I will try this for my kid,he loves cauliflower in briyani and if its a'cauliflower'briyani,then he would sure love it!