Delicious Vegetable Biriyani made with rice, vegetables and spices,exotic, filling one pot meal with goodness of vegetables and spices.
Biriyani/Biryani is an aromatic, festive rice dish made in India and Pakistan, and is also popular in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. It is supposed to be originated in Persia and reached India around 1500 AD. It is festive rich dish and mainly catered in Royal kitchen of Mughal Emperors. According to New York times article, legend had that it is a filling wholesome dish made for warriors who fought in battle field.
There are at least 1,001 variations, and each delicious in its own way, some built around vegetables and some layered with meat and spices. Spice addition is lesser in Calcutta biriyani, moderate in Ambur biriyani and heavily spiced in Hyderabad biryani. Lahore, Kashmir, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Delhi/Agra and Malabar are the main centers of biriyani cuisine.
Biriyani, rice and gravy are cooked separately and then they were layered with alternate gravy and rice resulting in a highly flavorful rice with flavorful meat or vegetables .This separation is partly a result of necessity: the proportion of meat/vegetables to the rice is high enough to make biriyani a one-dish meal, and the cooking time of each of the main ingredients is significantly different from each other.
In a properly made biriyani, the final dish is dry or minimally moist, with the individual rice grains separate, as opposed to a risotto, where the rice is of a creamy consistency. On the other hand pulao is rice dish made with seasoned broth.
Both Bangladesh and Malabar version of biriyani is made with special rice called Kala Jeera rice/ Kaima rice it is small grains and flavorful . Other version uses basmati rice for their biriyani. I have seen kala jeera rice in Indian store, and I will it buy next time. I have tried Malabar version of biriyani earlier, but this weekend I was not in a mood to cook elaborately.
So I was searching for an easy recipe of biriyani and finally found this one. I like this one as Dum part /final mixing of gravy and rice is done in Microwave.
I know combining rice and gravy will always be tasty, so I decide to use Sanjeev Kapoor’s this biriyani recipe as this one uses no oil in recipe. Here is the print version as well as you tube video.
However, I wanted to make it a little tastier so used a small amount ghee, as ghee is the integral part of biriyani in Malabar cuisine. I don’t like cauliflower in rice so didn’t add in my version of biriyani.
I reduced the heat level amount as my princess and hubby do not favor too much heat in their dishes, and it turned out be excellent one pot meal.
It is a very colorful and tasty, and good with raita and papadam (Indian wafer). If you are in hurry and want a delicious easy meal then try it. It is also very good way to sneak veggies into your diet. Here comes the recipe.
I made Vegetable biriyani in three steps,
First cooking rice
Second cooking gravy
Third assembling rice and gravy
Other Rice dishes are
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Vegetable Biryani
Delicious Vegetable Biriyani made with rice, vegetables and spices. One pot meal kick.
Servings: 4
Calories: 412kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Basmati rice soaked
- 1 cup Onions diced
- 1 big Carrots ½ inch pieces
- ¼ cup French beans
- ¼ cup Green peas
- 2 tablespoon Red bell pepper
- 2 tablespoon yellow bell pepper
- 2 tablespoon orange bell pepper
- ¼ cup green bell pepper
- 1 teaspoon Salt or to taste
- 3 Green cardamoms
- 1 Black cardamom
- 5 Cloves
- 2 inch stick Cinnamon
- 2 Bay leaf
- ¼ teaspoon Caraway seeds shahi jeera
- ¼ teaspoon Mace
- ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds
- ¼ teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 tablespoon Ginger-garlic paste
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- ¼ teaspoon Red chilli powder
- ¼ teaspoon Coriander powder
- 2 tablespoon Ghee
- 3 ½ cup Water
- 1 cup Yogurt
- ¼ teaspoon Rose water
- 1//8 teaspoon Saffron kesar
- 2 tomato puree I used fresh puree
- 1 teaspoon Garam masala
- 2 tablespoon Fresh coriander leaves/ Cilantro chopped
- 2 tablespoons Fresh mint leaves chopped
Instructions
- Soak Basmati rice in water for about 30 minutes. Boil the 3 ½ cup water in a medium sauce pot.
- In a skillet add 1 tablespoon of ghee with two green cardamoms, one black cardamom,3 cloves, half inch stick of cinnamon, and add soaked rice and fry for about 2 minutes. Then cook this rice with boiled water and salt until three-fourth done. Drain excess water and set aside.
- Heat a nonstick pan 1 tablespoon of ghee and add the remaining green cardamoms, cloves, black cardamom and cinnamon along with bay leaf, cumin seeds, fennel seeds and caraway seeds and roast. Add onions, carrot, French beans, green peas, bell peppers.
- Sprinkle salt, cover and cook on medium heat for two minutes. Add ginger-garlic paste mixed with a little water and stir. Cover and cook for two minutes. Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder and cook.
- Add tomato puree to the vegetables along with half teaspoon garam masala powder and mix well. Simmer for two minutes.
- Whisk yogurt with rose water and saffron. Add a little water or milk and mix everything well.
- In a microwave safe deep bowl. Arrange a layer of rice at the bottom. Over that arrange half the cooked vegetables followed by another layer of rice. Sprinkle half of the remaining garam masala powder, half the coriander leaves, half the mint leaves and half the yogurt mixture. Arrange the remaining vegetables followed by the remaining rice.
- Sprinkle the remaining garam masala powder, remaining coriander leaves, remaining mint leaves and the remaining yogurt mixture. Cover with a silicon lid and cook in the microwave oven for four to five minutes on HIGH (100%). Let it stand for five minutes.
- Serve hot with raita and papad
Notes
Adapted from here
Nutrition
Calories: 412kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 643mg | Potassium: 423mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 3228IU | Vitamin C: 38mg | Calcium: 148mg | Iron: 2mg
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Jasmin Sen says
Awesome and great one.
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Alea Milham says
This looks wonderful Swathi!
Reeni Pisano says
That is one inviting biryani Swathi! Your pictures make me want to dig right in! Gorgeous.
Candace says
What a beautiful dish! I know it must taste and smell amazing too!
Vanamala Hebbar says
VEry nice...lovely pics...
Sanoli Ghosh says
Please pass that bowl to me Swathi. Veg biryani looks very inviting and appetizing.
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Jeya Jemini says
easy and a yummy veg biryani...
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Kaveri Venkatesh says
Totally delicious and flavorful biriyani...looks too good
Veena Theagarajan says
yummy and colorful one pot meal
mjskit says
Another delicious and healthy dish! YUM!
Anu says
Colorful and flavored vegetable briyani.
Julie says
Looks delicious n yummy..lovely one pot meal:)
Maha Gadde says
Very healthy n tasty rice recipe and nice post.
Peggy G. says
This looks really tasty Swathi!
The 21st Century Housewife© says
Your Vegetable Biriyani looks delicious, Swathi! Biriyani is one of my favourite Indian dishes, but I have only ever had it in restaurants before. I'm so happy to have your recipe so I can make it at home!
G.Pavani says
delicious n colourful biryani..bookmarked it
Saranya Balaji says
loved the new version...looks so flavourful...
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
cannot get any tastier... so delicious and so picture perfect!!
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Savitha Ganesan says
Lov the crockery.Cool green colour.Biriyani looks fantastic.
Tina (PinayInTexas) says
Hmmmmm...I love all kinds of biryani but I haven't tried making it at home. This one looks really healthy and worth trying!
Eric Pepple says
What a beautiful looking dish, lots of color and flavor. Can't wait to try 🙂
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Suja Manoj says
This is awesome dear,flavorful ad yum..love the presentation.
Janani says
very colourful and flavourful dish so good.
nayana says
What a coincidence , I also prepared veg biryani just 2 days back, may post my entry tomorrow, your biryani looks yumm.............
Beena.stephy says
Adipoli colourfull rice
PT says
nice presentation dear.. healthy biriyani..
Gayathri Ramanan says
wow..what a flavorful and tempting biryani...love the microwave version.
Gayathri Ramanan says
Wow..what a flavorful and tempting biryani...love the microwave version.
nisha s says
You really have a lovely blog with delicious recipes Swathi..:)
Vijayalakshmi Dharmaraj says
Very nice... yummy biryani...
Hema says
Very colorful and delicious briyani, you did the dum part in the microwave..
Priya Suresh says
Love to finish that whole plate rite now,irresistible briyani, heard that some may add kewra water too, rose water sounds interesting.
divya says
Yummy!! Loving this dish!!
ANU says
very nicely done and easy biriyani recipe....luv the cute bowl and lovely clicks....
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Delicious biryani
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Amrita Vishal says
easy peasy and such a colourful biryani
Guru Uru says
Delicious photos my friend, I would love to try this 🙂
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Chitz says
Loved the step by step pics.. Flavorful biriyani 🙂
Aruna Manikandan says
looks delicious 🙂
Priya Anandakumar says
Very lovely vegetable biryani, superb clicks and explanation. Any body can cook with this explanation. Thanks for sharing..
Gujarati Zaika says
Yummy recipe.. love the color...
Gheza e shiriin says
Delicious & appetizing
Meena Selvakumaran says
Wonderful briyani,love the microwave version
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Purabi Naha says
OH, I was really amazed to see such stepwise photos on each step! Loved the microwave method for this amazing veggie biryani!
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Vimitha Anand says
Ah tempting biryani. yum
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Gajus kitchen says
Briyani looks yummy and lovely and nicely explained with step by step pictures
Rafeeda AR says
really lovely biriyani... i can get the smell over here... 🙂
Helen Prabha says
Wow...Briyani looks so delicious and tempting.....
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Divya Shivaraman says
perfect dum veggie biriyani dear....yummilicious
Apu says
Delicious!! I love veg Biriyani!! And this looks super!!
Sangeetha Nambi says
Super healthy and tasty one.. Y long time no see in my blog ??!!
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anusha praveen says
Ingredient list for a vegetable biriyani runs as long as the Nile. But a spoonful of it is totally worth the trouble!
Srimathi Mani says
Wow! Swathi, so much info and a well documented post. I love biriyani and make it once in a while. Too many posts on biriyani today, my mouth is watering.
Radha Krishnakumar says
Yummy Recipe I love Vege Briyani very much I will try this 🙂
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Vegetable biryani looks so delicious!! Wonderful snaps,Swathi!! 🙂
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Loved ur Microwave Version
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Navaneetham Krishnan says
Heavenly, that pics, that ingredients, that outcome and that taste. I love such biryani, esp veges are a good break away from meat.