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Saturday, 07 June 2008 09:53

It is a traditional celebration meal made using goat meat and rice and is a staple of Hyderabadi cuisine. This variety is popular as it is comes from the city of Hyderabad, India. The blending of mughlai and Telangana cuisines in the kitchens of the Nizam, ruler of the historic Hyderabad State, resulted in the creation of Hyderabadi Biryani.

Vegetable Biriyani


Vegetable Biriyani

This recipe is the vegetarian version of the Hyderabadi Biriyani. The biryani is typically accompanied with any or all of these ingredients

  • Raita made with yogurt and onions
  • Mirchi ka salan - a green chili curry
  • A salad includes onion, carrot, cucumber, & lemon wedges
  • Dhansak and Baghara baingan can also include side dishes.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup green beans diced
  • ¼ cup carrots diced
  • ½ cup potatoes diced
  • 1 cup cauliflower florets
  • ¼ cup peas

Wet Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons of garlic paste
  • 4 tablespoons ginger paster
  • 1 cup sliced onions
  • 2 tablespoons of green chillies paste

Dry Ingredients

  • 2 cloves
  • 1 inch stick of cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
  • 2 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 2 whole cardamoms
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder
  • 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 2 teaspoons of red chilli powder (or 3-4 whole red chillies)

Other Ingredients

  • 2 cups of good quality basmati rice
  • 1 cup of freshly chopped tomatoes
  • ½ cup yogurt
  • ½ cup freshly chopped mint leaves
  • 1 pinch of saffron
  • 1/2 cup of sliced and caramelized onions
  • Salt to taste
  • 3 - 4 tablespoon of Sunflower Oil/Vegetable oil

Method

Cook the rice with 3 cups of water. The water added is less than is required, we don't want to rice to get fully cooked, as it will get cooked again with the biriyani masala, whose process follows below.

Steam the vegetables until done and not over cooked.

Heat oil in a big sauce pan; add the wet ingredients; sauté on low/medium heat until it releases a nice aroma and also has changed color to a slight golden brown.

Now add the dry ingredients and sauté for a couple of more minutes.

Now add the chopped tomato and saute until it has turned soft and almost like a paste.

Add the yogurt, salt, saffron and mint leaves and the vegetables. Bring it to one boil.

With this masala being at the bottom of the pan, add the almost cooked rice on top of this masala, don't mix it as yet. Now cover the pan with a lid and let it sit for 15 more minutes on low heat. Turn off heat and let the biriyani sit for another 15-20 minutes, covered.

Finally add the add the caremelized onions and gently stir in the masala from the bottom into the rice. The flavors released are simply aromatic.

Note: Cooking Time and Water for each rice might vary. So at the end of the cooking process if you feel the rice is still a little hard, then add a little more water and cook on the lowest heat for a few more minutes.

 

 

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Comments (28)
Regarding ginger garlic paste in Hyderabadi pulav
28 Friday, 13 August 2010 06:12
Hello Archana,

Do we need 4 tablespoons of ginger garlic paste for this pulav? Will it not be too much?

Also would like to say that all your recipies look yum! Need to give them a try.

Cheers,
Madhavi.
US cooker
27 Tuesday, 10 August 2010 12:36
Hello Archana,
Thank you very much for doing this web-sit!! I live in the US and i am moving to India next year and I am trying to learn how to cook Indian fook and I love this web-sit... So thank you very much
Rach
Hyderabadi Biryani
26 Saturday, 08 May 2010 03:41
sounds good and aromatic!!!

and thanks for showiong how to make it wihtout making use of an oven! will definitely try it!
@Selvi
25 Tuesday, 20 April 2010 05:09
Thanks selvi, happy to know your family liked it. Sorry selvi, dont make or cook non vegetarian dishes. This is purely a vegetarian site.
recipes
24 Saturday, 27 March 2010 16:37
super tasty hyderbad briyani
veg bryani
23 Saturday, 27 March 2010 10:24
Hi Archana,

tried ur Hydrebadi veg bryani for the party yesterday, very delicious and it was super duper hit. nobody believed that it was homemade.
measurements are perfect. very easy to make and very tasty too.

Also can u guide me for hydrebadi non-veg bryani please. coz this is my kids wish.
Accompaniments to Buriyani
22 Friday, 19 March 2010 01:13
My husband does not like raw onions. Can you suggest accompaniments other than Mango chutney.
Thanks
@ Vasudha
21 Monday, 23 November 2009 05:02
Thank Vasudha. Glad it turned out well as you expected.
Loved it!
20 Saturday, 21 November 2009 13:38
Hi.. Tried the biriyani today. Came out superb!!! Thanks a ton!!!
Seetha
19 Monday, 28 September 2009 08:53
Thank you for writing in your experience and happy to know you liked it.
Delicious!!!
18 Sunday, 27 September 2009 20:55
your recipe was perfect,I tried out today & came out really well

Thanks!!!!!
Googly
17 Friday, 25 September 2009 12:24
Thanks for sending in the comments. Glad you enjoyed it.
Delicious dish
16 Friday, 25 September 2009 11:28
I tried this few months back this is very delicious dish. Thanks
Number of people it serves
15 Sunday, 13 September 2009 05:29
Hi MT Rao. This recipes used 2 cups of uncooked rice and it can serve about 4-6 people, depending on how many other dishes you plan to serve along with it. Hope that helps.
quarry
14 Saturday, 12 September 2009 12:16
see from long time iam seeing for making veg biriyani i have seen your receipe hyderabad biriyani but i have one quation to how many people can serve.pls always give the receipe quntity you are giving is to serve two or three or four people so we can try
13 Thursday, 07 May 2009 08:05
Seemi
Hi Archana,

i tried ur hyderabadi vegetarian biryani today and yum yum yum . it turned out so delicious.and was quiet easy to make. thanks a lot for sharing this recipe.
12 Tuesday, 10 March 2009 15:42
[...] A delicious preparation of the the popular hyderabadi recipe, has the tiny eggplants slit and stuffed with spicy sesame, coconut mixture in a tangy tamarind gravy. For all those vegetarian lovers ,this goes well the Hyderabadi Biriyani. [...]
11 Saturday, 28 February 2009 00:58
Chrys
Hi Archana,
This is my first time 2 ur website. Love it. I am planning to try your Hyderabadi Biriyani, Zuchini Chutney and Beetroot curry in the next 3 days. Can't wait.

I have a request. Do u know the recipe for vadai curry. As a kid, I remember the lady who makes and sells Idlis in a hut (Chennai) used to serve Chutney, Sambhar or Vadhai Curry. I used to luv that dish. Would you happen to know the recipe?

If so, please post it. I believe it is a South Indian Recipe.

Chrys
10 Saturday, 31 January 2009 11:03
Hi Kiran, I am glad to know that they turned out well and thank you for coming forward to leave the comments on the recipes. Looking forward to serve you with more recipes in the years to come and also I do take request for recipes, in case you did not find anything in my site.
9 Saturday, 31 January 2009 10:57
kiran
Hi archana,
thanks for the delicious recipes. i tried pav bhaji and paneer makhai both r superb and very very tasty. today i am going to try your briyani recipe . thnq
8 Sunday, 21 December 2008 14:22
Thank you so much. I am glad everyone enjoyed it.
Hope to see you visit more often and try out many more. I do take in request for any recipe that is not in my site. You can always message me.
7 Saturday, 20 December 2008 10:47
Simple receipe for a delicious
We tried this a couple of weeks back and it was loved by all who tasted it. It is quite artistic and delightful Such recipies are to be propagated to all food lovers.
6 Monday, 10 November 2008 12:05
Pavithra
Thanks for this recipe. I will surely try this. Will let you know how it turns out.
5 Monday, 14 July 2008 10:21
mani choudhary
it's really great to knw hw 2 cuk this biryani. i m gonna try it . thnx fr such a delicious recipe
4 Tuesday, 01 July 2008 18:45
First time here and found this lovely entry! Very nice:)
3 Tuesday, 10 June 2008 01:36
MR
veg biriyani lovely!!
wud definately try this
thanks !!!
2 Saturday, 07 June 2008 20:39
Thanks EC.. sent the entry :)
1 Saturday, 07 June 2008 18:54
Looks delicious...since it is a veg rice variety, you could also send this to my mixed rice varieties event
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