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Vegetable Dum Biryani Recipe
Prep Time | 15 minutes |
Cook Time | 30 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp biryani masala powder or garam masala
- ⅓ tsp red chili powder (adjust as needed)
- ⅛ tsp turmeric
- 250 ml yogurt / curd / dahi
- 4 tbsp ghee or oil
Veggies
- 8 medium sized cauliflower florets
- 1 large boiled potato cubed
- 1 large carrot chopped
- Fistful of green peas
- 4-5 beans chopped
- 1 ½ tbsp Mint leaves / pudina minced
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves chopped very finely
- 2 green chilies slit
dry spices
- 2 inch cinnamon stick
- 4 green cardamoms
- 1 black cardamom
- 2 big strands of mace
- 1 Star Anise
- 6 Cloves
- 1 Bay Leaf
- ½ tsp shahi jeera
- 1 ½ cups aged basmathi rice
- ¼ tsp shahi jeera
- 1 Bay Leaf
- Salt to taste
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Instructions
- Thinly slice onions and fry them in oil till golden and crisp. Set these aside half of this. If you are using store bought fried onions, you can skip this
- In the same pan, add spices and saute till they begin to sizzle.
- Add ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes off.
- Add parboiled potatoes and the rest of vegetables. Fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add turmeric, masala powder and red chili powder. Mix and fry well for 2 minutes till you begin to get an aroma.
- Pour 100 ml yogurt and mix. Cook till the vegetables are done to tender.
- You can cover and cook. Cook uncovered if there is lot of moisture after the veggies are cooked.
- While the veggies cook. Bring lot of water to a boil and cook rice till al dente along with bay leaf and shahi jeera. The rice has to be cooked grainy and not mushy. Drain it off in a colander. Soak saffron in 3 tbsps of this hot water or hot milk. Set aside.
- If you like to make a 2 layer veg biryani, set aside ⅓ of the cooked vegetable mix. Now mix together the rest of the cooked veggies, rest of the yogurt, mint, coriander, nuts and raisins, few fried onions. you can do it in a pressure cooker or any heavy bottom utensil.
Making veg biryani
- Layer the rice over the vegetable mix. Then layer the ⅓ cooked vegetable mix or 2 pinches of masala powder. Sprinkle some fried onions, mint and coriander.
- Layer rice over it again, then the fried onions, mint and coriander leaves and pour off the saffron milk. Fry nuts in a tbsp ghee, saute raisins and then pour this over the rice. Place a moist clean cloth to seal the rim. You can even use a foil or atta to seal the utensil.
- Place the dum utensil on a hot tawa and cook for 5 minutes on a medium flame and then on low for 5 to 7 minutes based on the thickness of your utensil.
- Serve hyderabadi veg biryani hot or warm in layers of rice and gravy.
For the oven method:
- Preheat the oven to 180 C and bake for 20 mins. if you feel it is still very moist beneath, bake for another 5 to 10 mins. This depends on what kind of baking dish you use. Usually ceramic ones get done faster.
Recipe Notes
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