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Cauliflower Biryani Recipe – Gobi Biryani Recipe

November 24, 2016 By Aarthi 3 Comments

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Biryani is what i often make, atleast once in two weeks. Since it is so easy to make, plus it taste divine. I have quite a few biryani recipes in my blog and each one is made different. Biryani taste different each time by the veggies you use and the method you make. This one is made using cauliflower and it taste just delicious.

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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.



Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 45 mins
Serves: 4


Ingredients:

Cauliflower – 4 cups cut in florets
Oil – 2 tblspn + for deep frying
Ghee – 2 tblspn
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf – 1 tsp
Shahi Jeera / Black Cumin – 1 tsp
Cinnamon / Pattai – 1 small piece
Cardamom / Yelakai – 4 crushed
Cloves / Krambu – 4
Star Anise – 1
Mace – 1 
Onion – 2 large sliced thinly
Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup chopped finely
Mint leaves – 1/4 cup chopped finely
Tomato – 2 chopped
Basmati Rice – 2 cups
Chilli Powder – 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp
Curry Masala or Biryani Masala Powder – 3 tblspn
Garam Masala Powder – 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Water – 3 cups


Method:

Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 mins.

Heat oil for deep frying, add cleaned cauliflower in hot oil and fry till golden brown. Drain and set aside.

In a pressure cooker or a regular pot with a tight fitting lid. Heat oil and ghee.

Add in all whole spices and fry for a min.

Add in onions and cook till golden brown.

Now add in coriander, mint and tomatoes and mix well. Cook that for few mins.

Add in all spice powders and salt and mix well.

Add in the fried gobi and toss well.

Add in rice and toss well in the masala.

Now add in water and mix well. Bring it to a boil and simmer on a very very low heat for 10 to 15 mins. Now let the pressure go by itself and open the cooker. Now fluff the rice and serve.





Pictorial:

Heat oil for deep frying, drop gobi in 
fry till golden brown
drain and set aside
heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker or any heavy bottom pan
add in whole spices
add in onions
cook till it gets light golden
add in mint and coriander leaves
add tomatoes
toss well
add turmeric, curry powder, chilli powder and garam masala powder
mix well
add in fried gobi
toss well
add soaked drained basmati
toss well
add water
add salt
mix well, bring it to a boil..simmer on low heat for 10 to 15 mins
done
Serve

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About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Mercury Info

    November 25, 2016 at 5:38 am

    Absolutely yummy!

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  2. Loganayaki

    November 25, 2016 at 7:53 am

    I love your blog and recipes. I’ll try out this recipe for sure.

    Cheers

    Loganayaki

    Reply
  3. Anusha

    October 28, 2017 at 10:13 pm

    Amazing Recipe. Your step by step process with pictures is the best way a recipe should be presented. Thanks for sharing 🙂

    Reply

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