Recently when I visited my neighbor Geetha's house, she gave me her Vegetable biryani to taste and I immediately got hooked to it. I usually prepare it differently. So when I was thinking about different rice dishes, this thing immediately came to my mind. So called her up and got the recipe and tried it. Though it did not taste like hers, it did taste very good. So am going to stick with this recipe.
It is a wholesome one pot meal perfect for packing lunch.
What are the ingredients needed?
To grind to a paste
Fennel seeds, 1 tsp
Ginger- 1"- 2'' long
Garlic, 4-5 cloves
Mint leaves, a handful
Coconut, 2 Tbs
Coriander powder, 2 tsp
Cloves, 2-3 nos.
Cinnamon,1 small piece
Red chillies, 2-3 nos.
Other ingredients needed
Basmati rice, 2 cups
Mixed vegetables, 2 cups (carrots, beans, peas or any veggies of your choice)
Oil, 1 Tbs
Ghee, 1 Tbs
Cinnamon, 1 small piece
Cloves, 2- 3 nos
Cardamom, 4-5 nos.
Cashew, 5-6 nos.
Onion, 1 no
Tomato, 1 large
Green chillies, 2 nos.
Coconut milk, 1.5 cups
Water, 1.5 cups
Water, 1.5 cups
Salt to taste
Cilantro, handful
How it is made?
- Soak Basmati for 15- 20 minutes. Drain well and keep it aside.
- Grind fennel seeds, ginger, garlic, mint leaves, coconut,fennel seeds, cinnamon, cloves, red chillies into a paste.
- Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker and add cinnamon, cloves, cashew any fry them for a minute or two then add the onions, green chillies and saute them till onions turn translucent.
- Then add the chopped tomatoes and ground paste to this and cook till tomatoes turn mushy.
- Then add the chopped vegetables and add coconut milk and water, bring it to boil then add the soaked basmati rice, salt to taste and add handful of cilantro on top, close the pressure cooker and pressure cook.
- When it whistles, reduce the heat to low and cook for 5 minutes and turn off the heat.
- Let the pressure release, then fluff it up and serve with raitha.
looks flavorful.. neat presentation..
ReplyDeleteYummy biriyani... I can get the aroma here..
ReplyDeleteFeeling hungry to see this biryani bowl. Delicious & divine.
ReplyDeletelooks delicious....bookmarked it....wil try this :)
ReplyDeleteMakesme hungry,colorful and yummy biryani.
ReplyDeleteNice aromatic vegetable briyani
ReplyDeletewish I could come over for a bowl of this..looks YUM!!
ReplyDeleteSure Mireille. Do come over, when you visit Boston. :)
Deletethe ingredients look interesting..have book marked will read with total leisure.
ReplyDeleteDelicious biryani. Love the addition of the ground paste. Will have to try this next time.
ReplyDeleteLove the flavors in this Biryani Divya.
ReplyDeleteflavourful,wholesome and delicious biryani..
ReplyDeleteMy mom makes it exactly with same ingredients and I do it to some time. This recipe makes me so nostalgic and I love the color of your biryani. Super Divya!
ReplyDeleteLooks very flavorsome..love all varieties of biryanis
ReplyDeleteFull of flavours, wish to have this irresistible briyani for my Sunday lunch.
ReplyDeleteLooks great. I like biryanis with ground paste. There is a lot more flavour added to it.
ReplyDeletewow...sounds really delicious...will try it soon:)
ReplyDeleteBriyani looks so inviting.Nice recipe Divya...
ReplyDeleteNice flavorful biryani! You seem to use your pressure cook a lot for cooking rice. My pressure cooker is restricted to cooking lentils & mutton, that's it. Pressure cook does make life easy and my friend always tells me to use it even for rice.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, beautiful click.. I like the reflection of the bowl on the glass.
Yeah Usha..I use pressure cooker a lot. It makes cooking easy and quick. :)
Deletebiryani looks fantastic. love this
ReplyDeleteBiryani look tasty and healthy
ReplyDeletehealthy and flavourful Divya.
ReplyDeleteWe had veg biryani for the weekend. Its the most flavorful one pot meal ever! Yours luks very tempting :)
ReplyDeletelike usha said even i normally use pressure cooker for cooking dal and red meat...thats it!!....i dont know, i always have this feeling that basmati rice will get overcooked in a pressure cooker...so..i haven't tried it yet...
ReplyDeleteSounds like a flavor packed biryani would love to have this any day.I was going through your lovely blog and has bookmarked many of your dishes to try out.Will let you know how they turned out once I try them.
ReplyDeleteVery healthy n colorful biryani, looks so inviting.
ReplyDeleteDelicious biriyani..
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ReplyDeleteBiryani looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteCooking vegetable biryani is challenging, but you did it so well! Lovely!!
ReplyDeletevery flavorful and yumm.
ReplyDeleteI made your veggie biryani recipe and it was awesome! Thanks for the recipe!!
ReplyDelete-Nandini
That is nice to know, Nandini.. Thanks for the feedback..:)
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