Beetroot Biryani Recipe with step by step pictures. Simple beetroot biryani recipe made with spices, basmati rice, onions. Perfect recipe to put in your kids lunch box.
Beetroot Biryani Recipe
Beetroots are such a interesting vegetable to be added in rice, because it gives rice its natural colour so you don’t have to worry about adding any colours to it. When beets are combined with rice, they give a natural sweetness to the rice and that what makes this dish a real hit. This is a very simple biryani that can be made in less than 30 mins. A perfect recipe to put in lunch box.
How to Make Beetroot Biryani Recipe
- Soak rice for 30 mins. Drain it and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add cinnamon, cardamom, cumin seeds and mix well.
- Add onions and sauté for 2 mins. Sprinkle in salt, chilli powder, coriander powder and mix well.
- Add in grated beetroot and mix well. Now add in soaked rice and mix well.
- Pour in water and bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 to 20 mins untill the rice has absorbed all water and cooked.
- Turn off the heat and let it rest for 10 mins covered. Open the pan and fluff it with a fork.
- Serve with raita.
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Beetroot Biryani | Beetroot Biryani Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Basmati Rice
- 1½ cup Water
- 1 large Beetroot grated
- 1 Onions sliced
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1 Cinnamon
- 4 Cardamom
- 1 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1 tbsp Coriander Powder
- 1 Green Chilli
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp Oil
Instructions
- Soak rice for 30 mins. Drain it and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add cinnamon, cardamom, cumin seeds and mix well.
- Add onions and sauté for 2 mins. Add salt, chilli powder, coriander powder and mix well.
- Add in grated beetroot and mix well. Now add in soaked rice and mix well.
- Pour in water and bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 to 20 mins untill the rice has absorbed all water and cooked.
- Turn off the heat and let it rest for 10 mins covered. Open the pan and fluff it with a fork.
- Serve with raita.
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Beetroot Biryani Recipe Step by Step pictures
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Grate your beets and slice your onions |
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| heat oil |
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| add cinnamon, cumin and cardamom |
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| add onions and chilli |
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| salt |
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| chilli & coriander powder |
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| saute well |
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| add beets |
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| and mix well |
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| add rice |
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| and mix well |
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| add water |
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| bring it to boil |
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| cover and simmer |
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| till done |
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| Serve |
faseela
yummy pulav....with attractive color...
A Kamalika Krishmy
Love the color of the rice
A Kamalika Krishmy
Love the color of the rice
Suja Manoj
Colorful and delicious pulao..makes me hungry.
Archana
Very colourful and tasty.
maha
yumm and looking cool in red colour
The Pumpkin Farm
i loved the color soo much...lovely rice
Zareena
Lovely and colourful rice dish. It seems to be easy too.
Anu
Healthy pilaf
StephenC
I love the bright red color - and I am a huge fan of beetroot. One question: what does "BM" mean? I will only see your answer if you write to me here: [email protected]
Kanan
Wow. what a lovely red color. I will try this rice recipe soon. love it,
S.Menaga
such a colourful n healthy rice!!
veena krishnakumar
Lovely colour and super healthy
Anzz
Love the colors.. so vibrant and wonderful..!
Hema
Colorful and healthy rice, delicious..
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Harini
Very nice color!
Achu's Amma's Kitchen
Delicious and colorfull rice...
Smitha
surely a easy rice and healthy one too!
Chef Mireille
this looks so pretty!!!
Suma Gandlur
Defintely colorful and healthy pulao.
sangee vijay
Healthy n colorful rice...yummy recipe!!
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Archana Vivek
So colorful Looks yummy
Prabhamani
Colorful n healthy rice dear!!Looking forward to see more healthy rice recipe here..
Rasi
The red color makes the dish interesting :).. Good pulao aarthi..reminds me of biryani that i make..time to bring redness!
Hamaree Rasoi
Yummy looking beetroot pulao. Very colorful.
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hi aarthi, wow, very very red... surely attracts the kids to eating this.
mmm, am tempted to try and call friends over. thanks
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Christy
Rice is a staple in Asian's diet, so the one week of rice recipes is definitely no feat to you ya!:p
I thought the rice looked different, and now I know it's basmati rice. What a great idea to use beetroots to give it that color!:D
Kalyani
totally colourful 🙂
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Colorful pulao.
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Priya Sreeram
one lovely platter there !
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Healthy, flavourful and yummy lunch box idea...looks colorful too
Deeps @ Naughty Curry
such a pretty pink colour, looks beautiful
Srivalli
Glad you could join us for this edition..lovely rice..
Shanthi
Lovely and attractive colour, healthy too
Sensible Vegetarian
Yummy looking colorful rice.
Gayathri Kumar
Rice looks so colourful and delicious...
The Yogi Vegetarian
Yum!!! We grow our own beetroot, so I'm trying this one !
Rujuta
Healthy and lovely rice... It looks so colorful and delicious
PJ
Love the beautiful color.I usually add green peas / channa with this rice..
sudha
I am a regular visitor of your blog. Its really superb.
Richard
I have just made it at home. So great! Thanks.
peter@pcfanatics
I was really inspired by our technique. The way of your cooking is really amazing. Your recipe is really classy and easy to make. It's looking more delicious and yummy. Thanks a lot for this sharing.
Durga
Very nice recipe i tried it very yummy
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Thanx for sharing recipe.looks delicious & pretty.
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