Capsicum Biryani Recipe with step by step pictures. Bell pepper biryani made with rice, spices, capsicum which taste amazing with raita.
Capsicum Biryani Recipe
To give you energy and keep your week going. I am going to show you a yummy biryani which is made with my favorite veggie Bell Pepper. I love to add Bell peppers in all my dishes. Some how I love the crunch they gave to the dishes. It makes the dish colourful as well as flavourful. This recipe is best served with raita or pachadi. I served it with pineapple pachadi, which was a hit in my house. So with no more delay, here I deliver the recipe.
Ingredients for Capsicum Biryani
- Basmati Rice-2 cups soaked for 30 mins
- Onion-2 sliced
- Tomato-4 chopped
- Capsicum / Bell Pepper-1 large cubed
- Curd-½ cup
- Chilli powder-1 tsp
- Coriander powder / Malli podi-1 tblspn
- Turmeric powder / Manjal podi-1 tsp
- Garam masala powder-1 tsp
- Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Ghee-2 tblspn
- Water - 3 cup
- For Green Masala:
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu-1 tblspn
- Cinnamon / Pattai-1 inch piece
- Cloves / Krambu-4
- Cardamom / Yelakai-4
- Green chilli-2
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro-1 cup
How to Make Capsicum Biryani
- In a blender take all ingredients given for grinding and make into a fine paste.
- Heat ghee in a kadai, add in cumin seeds. After it crackle add in onions, cook this till golden brown.
- Add in the ground masala and cook till oil separates from this..
- Add in tomatoes and mix well. Season with salt.
- Sprinkle in turmeric, coriander, chilli and garam masala powder.
- Add in capsicum and mix well. Pour in curd and mix well.
- Add in the soaked rice and fry for 2 mins.
- Pour in 3 cups of water(for 1 cup rice add 1.5 cup water). Let this come up to boil.
- Cover and simmer on a very low flame for 15-20 mins until the rice is cooked and all water has absorbed.
- Serve with your favorite gravy or raita.
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Capsicum Biryani Recipe | How to Make Bell Pepper Biryani
Ingredients
- Basmati Rice-2 cups soaked for 30 mins
- Onion-2 sliced
- Tomato-4 chopped
- Capsicum / Bell Pepper-1 large cubed
- Curd-½ cup
- Chilli powder-1 tsp
- Coriander powder / Malli podi-1 tblspn
- Turmeric powder / Manjal podi-1 tsp
- Garam masala powder-1 tsp
- Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Ghee-2 tblspn
- Water - 3 cup
- For Green Masala:
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu-1 tblspn
- Cinnamon / Pattai-1 inch piece
- Cloves / Krambu-4
- Cardamom / Yelakai-4
- Green chilli-2
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro-1 cup
Instructions
- In a blender take all ingredients given for grinding and make into a fine paste.
- Heat ghee in a kadai, add in cumin seeds. After it crackle add in onions, cook this till golden brown.
- Add in the ground masala and cook till oil separates from this..
- Add in tomatoes and mix well. Season with salt.
- Sprinkle in turmeric, coriander, chilli and garam masala powder.
- Add in capsicum and mix well. Pour in curd and mix well.
- Add in the soaked rice and fry for 2 mins.
- Pour in 3 cups of water(for 1 cup rice add 1.5 cup water). Let this come up to boil.
- Cover and simmer on a very low flame for 15-20 mins until the rice is cooked and all water has absorbed.
- Serve with your favorite gravy or raita.
Bell Pepper Biryani Step by Step
Take all your ingredients |
Chop up all your veggies |
Take all your ingrediants in a blender |
Make it into a fine paste |
Heat your ghee |
add in cumin seeds |
now add in onions |
cook till golden brown |
add in your paste |
cook till oil separates |
add in tomatoes |
sprinkle some salt in. |
add in turmeric powder |
coriander powder... |
chilli powder... |
and your garam masala powder |
throw in your bell pepper |
and your curd |
mix well.. |
throw in soaked rice |
mix well |
pour in water |
and wait till it comes to a boil |
let it boil |
cover and simmer |
till rice is cooked |
My favorite is pineapple pachadi |
Inside a British Mum's Kitchen
This looks simply delicious!! I love the ingredients and flavors you use. this will be a treat!
Mary
Nithya
Capsicum is my family favorite 🙂 This is so yummy 🙂
Cool Lassi(e)
That is quite a tempting Biryani! I will have to bookmark this cause it certainly tickles my tastebuds!
Torviewtoronto
delicious biryani combination looks wonderful
Sudha Sabarish
Nice capsicum biriyani and perfect for one pot meal.
Priyanka
Thats nice idea. Having a small party next weekend and this is definitely a part of it 🙂
Gloria
sounds and look delicious!! gloria
manu
Sounds good!
Have a nice week! LOL
Pretend Chef
Looks and sounds delicious. Yummy!
Sobha Shyam
a new recipe to me, sounds delicious n flavourful..
anthony stemke
I love biryani, will make this soon.
I remember that old Japanese TV show "Iron Chef" where the host would take a bite out of a whole raw bell pepper. He said it was his favourite vegetable.
Thanks for this recipe.
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Rekha shoban
thats yummy capsicum ..nice presentation n click!!
martinealison
Je pense que c'est ce dont j'ai besoin en ce moment...
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Premalatha Aravindhan
wow how i miss these delicious recipes,love to follow ur blog dear,thanks for visiting:)
S.Menaga
sounds very interesting..love ur blog!! thxs for visiting my space& ur lovely comments!!
Priya
Flavourful briyani, any leftover there?
Prathima Rao
Comforting & an inviting biryani :))
Prathima Rao
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Kaveri
Thanx for visiting my space...you have a wonderful space too with a very yummy collection of recipes..I just loved the spice paste that you added to this biriyani...must've been very flavorful and aromatic
Teresa Blackburn
Aarthi, once again you have shared a recipe that is both healthy and delicious looking. Basmati rice is one of my favorites. Great recipe. Thanks for sharing.
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looks fantastic, Aarti! I could eat it all up! Cheers, priya
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Ramya
Lovely recipe! Wonder full one pot meal:-)
Chitra
gr8 yummy biryani...
soujanya
love one pot meals.....nice flavoured rice...
Foodie Kitchen
I just love ur step by step instructions sis....good for new comer like me...thank you....
Red Scintilla
heyy.. i made these today..! it was awesome.. Totally delicious. My husband now knows the name of your blog 😛
Sushma Vasudeva
Hi Aarthi, I tried this and it came out really well. Thanks for this and all your recipes.. I really like your blog!
priya saravana
For one cup rice , u have mentioned as one cup water ... but u have added 4cups water fr two cups of basmati rice ? Confused.. :/
Aarthi
@priya saravanasorry, it is a typo. Add 1.5 cup of water for 1 cup of rice
Anonymous
I tried twice capsicum biriyani.It was too good . Everybody liked my biriyani..thanks for your nice receipe.
I am a big fan of your blog.I liked your detailed explanation (step by step with picture) of receipes.
Aarthisri . S
I recently saw your website name from Facebook tag .I checked out ur receipes all Good.tried red poga porridge for babies.my daughter likes it too.It s very helpful for me.instant n easy mix it helps me wn I go out n when I m in Tavel .Tried capsicum briyani also came out well.different receipe .All my family members loved it.
Aarthisri . S
All ur receip are good.tried capsicum briyani came out well.my family members loved it.am not expert in cooking but ur receipe make me good cook .