June 23, 2015 by Loganayaki Thamilselvan

How to prepare vegetable Biryani recipe ?

Vegetable biryani recipe is one of Popular Indian Food made with easily available ingredients. A Classic Indian vegetable biryani is a perfect dish for any occasion. Sometimes there are only a few special days in which many houses have a spicy vegetable biryani recipe as a food. At the present time people are preparing vegetable biryani even for small function.

Try this tasty Vegetable biryani recipe to impress your friends and family. Lets see how to make simple vegetable biryani recipe.

Ingredients for vegetable biryani recipe:

Basmati rice – 2 cups

Carrot – 1/4 (chopped)

Beans – 1/4 (chopped)

Peas – 1/2 cup

Potato – 1/4 cup (cut in to cube shape)

Cauliflower florets – 1/4 cup

Soya beans – 1/4 cup (soaked in warm water, drain the water completely) optional

Cashew nuts – 25 grams (optional)

Onion – 2 nos (sliced)

Green chili- 3 nos

Ginger garlic paste – 1 spoon

Tomato (big) – 1 (chopped)

Chilli powder – 1 teaspoon

Kashmiri chili powder – 1 teaspoon

Garam masala – 1 spoon

Coriander powder – 2 teaspoons

Turmeric powder- a pinch

Biryani masala – 1 spoon

Curd – 3 spoons

Lemon juice – 1 spoon

Mint leaves – 1 handful (chopped finely)

Coriander leaves – 1 handful (chopped finely)

Salt to taste

For tempering:

Oil – 3 spoons

Ghee – 2 spoons

Fennel seeds – 1 teaspoon

Bay leaf- 1

Cinnamon – 2 stick

Cardamom – 3 Nos

Star anise – 2 Nos

Cloves – 2 Nos

Marathi Moggu – 2 Nos

Steps to cook vegetable biryani recipe:

First wash the basmati rice in water and soak the rice for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes drain the water and keep it aside. In a pressure cooker add oil and ghee, when it is heated add all tempering items. And then onion and fry till the colour become changed, add ginger garlic paste, green chilli and tomato fry for a minute. Add salt and all spices like chili powder, coriander powder, kashmiri chili powder, garam masala, turmeric powder, Biryani masala and fry for a minute. Next add all chopped vegetables and soya beans. Fry for 5 minutes then add half coriander leaves and half mint leaves then fry for a minute. After that add 4 cups of water and allow it to boil, then add the basmati rice and mix well. In This stage add curd, lemon juice and check the salt and spice. After 15 minutes the rice is half cooked, add the remaining coriander leaves, mint leaves and ghee 1 spoon. Now close the pressure cooker then cook on low flame for 5 to 10 minutes (for Dum). After taking from the fire the pressure will cool down and open the cooker, mix the rice properly with little amount of ghee. spicy vegetable biryani recipe is ready to serve. For More veg recipes => vegetarian Recipes

Serving suggestion for vegetable biryani recipe:

We can also garnishing with mint leaves, coriander leaves, fried onions and fried cashew.

In addition we can Serve vegetable biryani recipe with onion raita.

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