Vegetable Dum Biryani Recipe with step by step pictures. This is made with Basmati Rice , Vegetables and Whole Spices
Vegetable Dum Biryani
In our place If there is any functions like marriages or anything, they serve two kinds of food list..One is a complete vegetarian fiesta meal which consisits of steamed rice, sambar, dal, rasam, buttermilk, poriyal, avial, mango kossu, chilli pachadi, cucumber kichadi, potato korma, pumpkin pachadi, papad, banana, Poran boli and three kind of payasam.wow..How elaborate is that..But on the other side they make another kind of meal which consists of vegetable biryani, onion raita, potato korma, paratha, curd rice, mango kossu, tomato jam, papad and any kind of payasam. I thought of making a complete south indian lunch thali at first. But due to time constrains I made the second one.
Ingredients for Vegetable Dum Biryani
- Basmati Rice – 300 gms
- Onion – 1 large sliced
- Ginger garlic paste – 1 tblspn
- Coriander leaves / Cilantro – a handful
- Mint Leaves – a handful
- Cashews – 10
- Raisans - 10
- Curd – 1 cup
- Oil – 5 tblspn
- Salt to taste
- Saffron / Yellow food colouring- a pinch
- Milk – 3 tblspn
Vegetables:
- Tomato- 2 chopped
- Carrot – 1 large chopped
- Beans – 10 chopped
- Potato- 1 large chopped
- Green Chilli – 2 slit
- Peas – 1 cup
Whole Spices:
- Cinnamon / Pattai -1 small stick
- Cardamom / Yelakai – 3 crushed
- Cloves / Krambu – 3
- Bay Leaf – 1
Spice Powder:
- Chilli powder – 2 tsp
- Coriander powder / Malli podi – 1 tblspn
- Turmeric powder / Manjal podi – 1 tsp
- Cumin Powder / Jeera podi – 1 tsp
- Garam Masala powder – 2 tsp
I always make vegetable biryani in pressure cooker, But once I started to make briyani this way I am not going to the old version. Making biryani like this, gives it a very unique smell as well as flavour. The main step for this is cooking of rice, please visits this post to check out the recipe step by step..
This Festive Thali has
Vegetable Dum Briyani
Papad
The meal was a total hit and everyone in my family loved it. Ok guys this is my last post for this week. Will see you all in next week in which i am going to do a special theme. Wait for that. So here you go to the recipe.
How to make Vegetable Dum Biryani
- Soak your basmati rice for 30 mins. Drain and cook it as per this instructions. Set that aside. Mix saffron or yellow food colouring with milk and set aside. Heat some oil and fry onions till they turn golden..Add in cashews and raisans and fry that as well.Set this aside too.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add all the whole spices and sauté for a min.
- Add in all the vegetables and mix well. Add in salt and the spice powders and mix well.
- Add in ginger garlic paste, curd and some water. Bring it to a boil and cook till the vegetables are cooked.
- Transfer this to a oven proof dish.
- Layer half of the rice on top of vegetables. Sprinkle some coriander leaves, mint leaves, fried onions, cashews and raisans. Now pour some saffron milk .
- Now layer the remaining rice and do the same thing.
- Put it in a preheated oven for 30 mins.
- Fluff with a fork and serve with raita.
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📖 Recipe
Vegetable Dum Biryani Recipe (Oven Cooking Method)
Ingredients
- 300 gmsBasmati Rice
- 1 large sliced Onion
- 1 tblspn Ginger garlic paste
- a handful Coriander leaves / Cilantro
- a handful Mint Leaves
- 10 Cashews
- 10 Raisans
- 1 cup Curd
- 5 tblspn Oil
- Salt to taste
- a pinch Saffron / Yellow food colouring
- 3 tblspn Milk
- Vegetables:
- 2 chopped Tomato
- 1 large chopped Carrot
- 10 chopped Beans
- 1 large chopped Potato
- 2 slit Green Chilli
- 1 cup Peas
- Whole Spices:
- 1 small stick Cinnamon / Pattai
- 3 crushed Cardamom / Yelakai
- 3 Cloves / Krambu
- 1 Bay Leaf
- Spice Powders:
- 2 tsp Chilli powder
- 1 tblspn Coriander powder / Malli podi
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder / Manjal podi
- 1 tsp Cumin Powder / Jeera podi
- 2 tsp Garam Masala powder
Instructions
- Soak your basmati rice for 30 mins. Drain and cook it as per this instructions. Set that aside. Mix saffron or yellow food colouring with milk and set aside. Heat some oil and fry onions till they turn golden..Add in cashews and raisans and fry that as well.Set this aside too.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add all the whole spices and sauté for a min.
- Add in all the vegetables and mix well. Add in salt and the spice powders and mix well.
- Add in ginger garlic paste, curd and some water. Bring it to a boil and cook till the vegetables are cooked.
- Transfer this to a oven proof dish.
- Layer half of the rice on top of vegetables. Sprinkle some coriander leaves, mint leaves, fried onions, cashews and raisans. Now pour some saffron milk .
- Now layer the remaining rice and do the same thing.
- Put it in a preheated oven for 30 mins.
- Fluff with a fork and serve with raita.
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The Pumpkin Farm
wow...that would be a spread for king..i m sure people throng to weddings with such an elaborate meal menu. your biryani looks yummy
The Pumpkin Farm
wow...that would be a spread for king..i m sure people throng to weddings with such an elaborate meal menu. your biryani looks yummy
Suma Gandlur
Love the colorful biryani and particularly the first image.
Roshni
The biriyani is soooo good aarthi
Priya
Beautiful and prefectly done..Super delicious briyani,inviting.
Chef Mireille
looks so flavorful and that is the biggest bay leaf I have ever seen..must be Indian variety
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi
This sounds so yummy. I need to try this out sometime!
Lahari
At what temperature the baking has to be done?
Usha
Biryani looks delicious!
Rasi
wonderful spread & biryani is always the house fav 🙂
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Srivalli
Very lovely spread...thanks for the wonderful thalis..enjoyed all of them!
Kalpana Sareesh
grogeous thali love the mw version
Tina
Sounds yummy yummy.
PJ
The dishes on the leaf look so tempting and no wonder your folks enjoyed it.Dum briyani looks yum,,,
Shama Nagarajan
delicious biriyani dear..ongoing event : Fruit of the month - Grapes event
rajani
The biryani looks awesome! and nice step by step pics as usual 🙂
Preeti Garg
Look Awesome.....perfectly made....too yumm!!!!
xxxx
what if we dont haave oven.can u tell me how to do on stove
Aarthi
@xxxx
You can put everything in a heavy bottom pan,cover it and place it over a tawa on low heat and leave it for 30 mins.
Sudheshna Chivukula
Hi Aarthi,
Tried out your recipe today and came out excellently. It was a big hit. Thank you for the great recipe.
-sudheshna.
Sudheshna Chivukula
Aldo this is the first recipe of yours that I've tried and I'm hooked up to ur blog 🙂
Albert Stephen
Delicious !!! Innovative Recipe :O
Try this too... Simple Recipe for
chicken biriyani
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nethra
Hi Aarti... plz let me know if it has to be baked in convection mode or microwave mode n the temperature plz... waiting for ur reply
Aarthi
@nethrathe oven should be in 130 degree C
plasterer bristol
This sounds really delicious and something new to try. Thanks for sharing.
Simon
Anonymous
Hi can we skip that saffron powder step.
Pavithra
Happy new year! Can I use store bought biryani masala instead of garam masala?
MARIA
what TEMPRETURE SHOULD I BE HEATING THE OVEN ?
Startup Cooking
Awesome