
Vegetable Biryani Recipe (Restaurant Style)
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
A fragrant, layered rice dish with caramelized onions, mixed vegetables, aromatic spices like cardamom and saffron, and yogurt-based gravy. Restaurant-quality biryani that's hearty and aromatic.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 4- 1.5 cups basmati rice (- 300 grams)
- 3 to 4 green cardamoms
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 1 tej patta (- medium size, (Indian bay leaf))
- 2 star anise
- 1 black cardamom
- 5 cups water (- for cooking rice)
- ¾ teaspoon salt (or add as required)
- 2 cups onions (- thinly sliced, 200 grams or 2 large onions)
- 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste (or 1 inch ginger + 7 to 8 small to medium garlic cloves crushed in mortar-pestle)
- 2 carrots (- chopped, medium-sized)
- 1 potato (- chopped, medium-sized)
- ½ cup cauliflower florets (- optional, I have not added cauliflower)
- 4 to 5 button mushrooms (- chopped)
- ¼ cup french beans (- chopped)
- ½ cup green peas (- fresh or frozen)
- 1 cup curd (- fresh (yogurt) or 200 grams)
- ½ cup water (- for pressure cooking and ¾ cup water if cooking in a pot)
- ½ to 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 3 to 4 tablespoons oil (or ghee - I used sunflower oil)
- salt (as required)
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- 4 cloves
- 4 green cardamoms
- 1 single strand of mace ((javitri), (not the whole mace. mace is a strong spice))
- ¼ cup sautéed browned onions ((birista))
- 15 to 20 saffron strands
- 2 tablespoons milk (- warm)
- ¼ cup mint leaves (- chopped)
- 2 tablespoons oil ( or butter or ghee (clarified butter))
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 90M
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
Complete estimate · 100% of estimated mass resolved
All countable ingredients resolved. Figures are per serving.
- Prep
- 45m
- Cook
- 45m
- Sodium
- 952mg
- Total sugar
- 8g
Added sugar is not shown when one or more ingredients lack reliable added-sugar evidence.
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 601mg
- Calcium
- 138mg
- Iron
- 4mg
Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.
- PREP
- 45M
- SODIUM
- 952MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.
