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Veg biryani recipe | How to make Hyderabadi veg dum biryani
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Veg Biryani

Veg Biryani Recipe - authentic method of making Hyderabadi dum biryani
Course Main Course
Cuisine Hyderabadi, Indian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 494kcal
Author Kanan

Ingredients

For Cooking Rice:

  • 1 cup Basmati rice
  • 4 cups Water
  • 2 Green cardamoms
  • 2 Black cardamom
  • 4 Cloves
  • 4-5 Black peppercorns
  • 1 inch Cinnamon stick
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 2 strands Mace (Javitri)
  • 1 Star anise
  • Salt to taste

For Fried Onion & Nuts:

  • 2-3 tablespoons Oil
  • 3 tablespoons Cashew nuts
  • 2 tablespoons Almonds chopped or sliced or whole
  • 1 small or ½ cup Red onion sliced

For Veggies:

  • 1-2 tablespoons Oil
  • 2 Green cardamoms
  • 4-5 Cloves
  • 1 inch Cinnamon stick
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Ginger paste or freshly grated or crushed
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Garlic paste or freshly grated
  • 2 Green chilies slit
  • 1 medium or ¾ cup Red onion sliced
  • 1 medium or ½ cup Carrots chopped
  • 8-10 or ½ cup Green beans (French beans) cut into 1 inch pieces
  • ½ cup Cauliflower (gobi) cut into florets
  • ⅓ cup Capsicum (Green bell pepper) chopped, optional
  • 1 medium or ¾ cup Potatoes peeled and chopped
  • ½ cup Green peas
  • Salt to taste
  • 2-3 teaspoons Red chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • 2 teaspoons Coriander powder
  • 1 teaspoon Garam masala or ready biryani masala
  • 2 teaspoons Kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
  • 1 medium or about ½ cup Tomato pureed
  • 1 tablespoon Cilantro or coriander leaves chopped finely
  • 1 tablespoon Mint leaves chopped finely

For Layers:

  • ⅓ cup Plain yogurt (dahi or curd)
  • Saffron few strands
  • 2-3 teaspoons Milk
  • 1 teaspoon Rose water (Instead you can use kewra water too)
  • 2 teaspoons Ghee (Clarified butter)
  • 2-3 tablespoons Mint leaves roughly chopped

Instructions

  • Wash the rice and soak for 20 minutes. After that discard the water.
  • While rice is soaking, prepare rest of the ingredients. Chop all the veggies and make tomato puree.
  • Keep ready the spices for vegetable gravy and also whole spices for cooking rice.
  • To cook rice, heat water in a pan on HIGH heat.
  • Once it starts rolling boiling, add whole spices mentioned under 'cooking rice', salt and rice.
  • Let it cook for exactly 5 minutes or till the rice is 80% cooked.
  • Drain this cooked rice and rinse under cold water. Let the excess water drain out completely for 5 minutes.
  • Then spread the rice on the large plate and pick the whole spices, discard. 
  • To fry nuts and onions, heat 2-3 tablespoons of oil in a pan on medium heat. 
  • Once hot add onion and Fry them till they are golden brown. Remove it to a paper towel-lined plate.
  • Now in the remaining same oil, fry the cashews and almonds till they are light brown in color.
  • Warm up the milk and add saffron strands in it. Now mix in yogurt and rose or kewra water. Keep it aside.
  • In the same pan heat 2-3 teaspoons of more oil. Add whole spices. Saute for a minute or so.
  • Now add cumin seeds and let them sizzle a bit.
  • Then saute in ginger paste, garlic paste and slit green chilies for a minute
  • Now add all the vegetables, tomato puree, salt, all the spice powders and mix.
  • Cover the pan and cook till veggies are 75% or ¾ th cooked.
  • Add chopped coriander and mint leaves. Mix well and keep it aside.
  • First, spread 2 teaspoons of ghee on the bottom of the pan.
  • The layers will be in following order - ⅓ part of rice, half of vegetable gravy, ⅓ part of rice, half or yogurt-saffron mixture, half of nuts and fried onions, rest of the vegetable gravy, rest of the rice, rest of saffron-yogurt mixture, nuts, fried onions, mint leaves.
  • Cover the pan with aluminium foil or with clean napkin and tight fitting lid.
  • To cook on stove top, Heat the tawa on medium heat. Once tawa is hot, LOWER the heat to low. Put the prepared biryani pan on tawa. And cook for 15-20 minutes.
  • To cook in the oven, bake for 15-18 minutes in 400 degrees F or 200 degrees C preheated oven.

Nutrition

Calories: 494kcal | Carbohydrates: 59.4g | Protein: 9.7g | Fat: 25.1g | Saturated Fat: 4.6g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 644mg | Potassium: 660mg | Fiber: 6.2g | Sugar: 7.8g
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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