Mint Vegetable Biryani Recipe with step by step pictures. This is made with Mint, Rice and mixed Vegetables
Mint Vegetable Biryani
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.
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Adding herbs like coriander and mint is common in biryani, because that is what gives the favour and aroma to the biryani. But this is a minty biryani recipe, it has lots of mint leaves and veggies to make this which gives a nice aroma to this dish.
Ingredients for Mint Vegetable Briyani
- Rice - 1 cup ( I used seeraga samba, u can use basmati)
- Oil - 1 tblspn
- Ghee - 1 tblspn
- Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 small piece
- Onion - 1 large sliced thinly
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Tomatoes - 1 medium size sliced thinly
- Coriander Powder - 1 tblspn
- Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 2 tsp
- Mixed Vegetable - 2 cup cubed (carrot, beans, cauliflower, potato)
- Mint Leaves - 1.5 cup packed
- Salt to taste
- Water - 1.5 cup
How to make Mint vegetable Briyani
- Wash and soak rice for 30 mins. Drain and set aside.
- Take mint leaves in a mixer and puree smoothly adding very little water.
- Take a pressure cooker, heat ghee and oil.
- Add in fennel seeds and cinnamon in that and saute for 30 sec.
- Add in onions and cook till golden. Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for 30 sec.
- Add in tomatoes and cook till mushy.
- Now add in the mint puree and cook till oil separates.
- Add in the masala powder, salt and mix well.
- Add in veggies and toss well for 5 mins.
- Add in rice, water and bring it to boil.
- Simmer and cover and cook for 1 whistle. Simmer the flame for 5 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself
- Open the cooker and fluff the rice.
- Serve with raita.
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Mint Vegetable Biryani Recipe / Pudhina Veg Biryani Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice I used seeraga samba, u can use basmati
- 1 tblspn Oil
- 1 tblspn Ghee
- 1 tsp Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf
- 1 small piece Cinnamon / Pattai
- 1 large sliced thinly Onion
- 1 tblspn Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 medium size sliced thinly Tomatoes
- 1 tblspn Coriander Powder
- 2 tsp Chilli Powder
- 2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- 2 cup cubed Mixed Vegetable carrot, beans, cauliflower, potato
- 1.5 cup packed Mint Leaves
- Salt to taste
- 1.5 cupWater
Instructions
- Wash and soak rice for 30 mins. Drain and set aside.
- Take mint leaves in a mixer and puree smoothly adding very little water.
- Take a pressure cooker, heat ghee and oil.
- Add in fennel seeds and cinnamon in that and saute for 30 sec.
- Add in onions and cook till golden. Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for 30 sec.
- Add in tomatoes and cook till mushy.
- Now add in the mint puree and cook till oil separates.
- Add in the masala powder, salt and mix well.
- Add in veggies and toss well for 5 mins.
- Add in rice, water and bring it to boil.
- Simmer and cover and cook for 1 whistle. Simmer the flame for 5 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself
- Open the cooker and fluff the rice.
- Serve with raita.
Mint vegetable Briyani step by step picture
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Sindhuja.R
Dear Aarthi, Loved the recipie, but whether biriyani leaf can be added to this or does not required.
Aarthi
@Sindhuja.RYou can leave it out
Gayathri Magesh
Hi can u say onion and to may in grams
Aarthi
@Gayathri MageshOnion around 200 grams, tomatoes around 150 grams.
Gayathri Magesh
Thanks for your comments
Sowmya Venugopal
Hi,
Good day!
Tried this recipe with ordinary rice. Came out good. The mint leaves added so much flavour into the biryani. Thanks n keep posting more flavourful biryanis. 🙂
Pushpa Narayana
Love ur all recipes. Thank u so much
Madhusudan L M
Tried this recipe today! Totally loved it. Can we add cashews. I have a feeling that it will be good. Thanks for your awesome recipe
Aarthi
@Madhusudan L Myes u can add cashews
Gayathri Thangavel
tried ur mint flavoured biryani... was really yummy... always wanted to try the Maharashtrian style veg dum biryani. Please post us
Emily Calder
I had to make some adjustments based on what I had on hand (I didn't have fennel seeds and I used mushrooms and peas for the vegetables). But thank you so much for the inspiration! It turned out so delicious!!! My 16 month old ate it up like crazy. And he normally isn't a fan of rice.