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Simple & Easy Vegetable Biryani Recipe with step by step pictures. This is made with vegetables, Basmathi Rice and Milk .

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Simple & Easy Vegetable Biryani

This is a kind of one pot meal. I make this biryani often, since it is so easy to make, but it taste so flavourful. I have quite a few biryani collection in this blog now. Biryani has become one of my main dish which I cook more often now. 

Check out all the biryani recipe in this blog. 

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Ingredients for Simple & Easy Vegetable Biryani

  • Basmati Rice - 2 cups
  • Onion - 1 large sliced thinly
  • Tomatoes - 1 large chopped
  • Carrot - 1 medium size cubed
  • Potato - 1 medium size peeled and cubed
  • Beans - 10 chopped
  • Peas - ½ cup ( I used frozen)
  • Oil - 3 tblspn
  • Bay Leaf - 1 
  • Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 small stick
  • Cloves / Krambu - 4
  • Chilli powder - 2 tsp
  • Turmeric powder / Manjal podi - 1 tsp
  • Garam Masala powder - 2 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Milk or Cream - 1 cup
  • Curd - ½ cup
  • Water - 3 cup
  • For Masala:
  • Coriander leaves / Cilantro - ½ cup
  • Mint Leaves / Pudhina - ½ cup
  • Green Chilli - 3
  • Garlic - 6 cloves
  • Ginger - 2 inch piece  

How to make Simple & Easy Vegetable Biryani

  1. Take the grinding ingredients in a blender and make into a smooth paste.
  2. Heat oil in a huge pan. Add in cinnamon, bay leaf and cloves.
  3. Add in sliced onions and cook till it turns light golden.
  4. Now add in the ground masala and mix well.
  5. Add in the tomatoes and saute till oil separates.
  6. Add in chilli powder, salt, turmeric and garam masala powder. Mix that till oil separates.
  7. Pour in curd, vegetables and mix well. Cook for 5 mins or so.
  8. Add in soaked drained rice and toss well in the masala.
  9. Add in water and milk. Mix well and bring it to a boil.
  10. Cover with a lid, simmer for 20 to 25 mins till the rice is done. Now turn off the heat and let it sit for 10 mins. Now open the pan and fluff it up.
  11. Serve with raita.
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Vegetable Biryani Recipe | Veg Biryani Recipe

Simple & Easy Vegetable Biryani Recipe with step by step pictures. This is made with vegetables, Basmathi Rice and Milk .
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 45 mins
Total Time 55 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Servings 5 servings
Calories 318 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Basmati Rice
  • 1 large sliced thinly Onion
  • 1 large chopped Tomatoes
  • 1 medium size cubed Carrot
  • 1 medium size peeled and cubed Potato
  • 10 chopped Beans
  • ½ cup Peas I used frozen
  • 3 tblspn Oil
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 1 small stick Cinnamon / Pattai
  • 4 Cloves / Krambu
  • 2 tsp Chilli powder
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder / Manjal podi
  • 2 tsp Garam Masala powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 cup Milk or Cream
  • ½ cup Curd
  • Water
  • For Masala:
  • ½ cup Coriander leaves / Cilantro
  • ½ cup Mint Leaves / Pudhina
  • 3 Green Chilli
  • 6 cloves Garlic
  • 2 inch piece Ginger

Instructions
 

  • Take the grinding ingredients in a blender and make into a smooth paste.
  • Heat oil in a huge pan. Add in cinnamon, bay leaf and cloves.
  • Add in sliced onions and cook till it turns light golden.
  • Now add in the ground masala and mix well.
  • Add in the tomatoes and saute till oil separates.
  • Add in chilli powder, salt, turmeric and garam masala powder.Mix that till oil separates.
  • Add in curd, vegetables and mix well. Cook for 5 mins or so.
  • Add in soaked drained rice and toss well in the masala.
  • Add in water and milk. Mix well and bring it to a boil.
  • Cover with a lid, simmer for 20 to 25 mins till the rice is done. Now turn off the heat and let it sit for 10 mins. Now open the pan and fluff it up.
  • Serve with raita.
Nutrition Facts
Vegetable Biryani Recipe | Veg Biryani Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 servings)
Calories 318 Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Saturated Fat 0.3g2%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.5g
Sodium 109mg5%
Potassium 151mg4%
Carbohydrates 65g22%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 9g18%
Vitamin A 350IU7%
Vitamin C 10mg12%
Calcium 65mg7%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Simple & Easy Vegetable Biryani recipe step by step pictures

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Take all your ingredients
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Heat oil in a pan, add in bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves
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Add in sliced onions
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When the onion turns golden, add the ground masala
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Saute till oil separates
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Add in chopped tomatoes
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salt and spice powders
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Add in curd
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Now goes the vegetables
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Add the soaked rice
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Saute them well
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Add water and bring it to boil
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Cover and simmer
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Cook till rice is done
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Serve
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Aarthi

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. pavithraravindar

    mouth watering biriyani aarthi. keep going.it seems i had seen only one post about baby foods???? we are expecting more...

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  2. Anonymous

    Wen ever u cook briyani do avoid adding turmeric powder and corriander powder. Try it. We muslims wnt add they both - Nasreen

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  3. Anonymous

    Looks great! Going to make it this weekend.. Thank you, Aarthi for your lovely recipes.. And the pictorial step by step procedure makes things much easier!

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  4. vanathi sekar

    very tempting..

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  5. vanathi sekar

    very tempting...

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  6. Hamaree Rasoi

    Delicious and lovely looking veg biriyani. Very tempting indeed.
    Deepa

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  7. Pretend Chef

    This looks so delicious.

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  8. Janani

    Tasty biryani I make it same like this only love the rice texture I am hungry looking at it

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  9. Sangeetha

    Aarthi, can this be done in cooker? If yes, how many whistles?

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  10. Aarthi

    @SangeethaYes u can do it cooker..Cook it for 1 whistle. Then turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself

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  11. Sangeetha

    Thanks aarthi for your timely response..

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  12. Sheela Hepzibah

    Hi... I love all your recipes ... It turns so good every time I prepare... Could you also post how to make mushroom biriyani.... Thanks.... Cheers 🙂

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  13. Anonymous

    Can I do without the bay leaf?

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  15. Anonymous

    Hi Aarthi....I regularly follow all Ur recipes it is so clear with steps and pictures. I tried this biryani and came out well everyone liked it.Thanks for all Ur yummy recipes....

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  16. Anonymous

    Looks delicious..

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  17. Anonymous

    Looks delicious

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  18. Sowmya Venugopal

    Why should we add curd & milk? Will it change the taste?

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  20. Anonymous

    can this biriyani be done without adding curd ??

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  22. plasterer bristol

    Yum i love this recipe. Tastes great. Thanks for sharing.

    Simon

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  23. Anonymous

    Thanks for the recipe. I dont know to use pressure cooker. But i can able to cook in a pan easily. I want to know rice to water ratio. For example 200g of rice how much ml of water. How much grams of rice i should take for 6 people

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  24. Aarthi

    @AnonymousIf you are cooking in a pan, add 2 cup water for 1 cup rice.

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  25. Anonymous

    I just tried your receipe....it has came out yum..... thanks so much ....I'm your fan now.....will try your other receipes soon....

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  26. ramya chandrasekar

    Step by step pictorial was helpful

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