Veg Biryani is a flavourful rice dish made with basmati rice, mixed vegetables, whole spices, freshly ginger, garlic, coriander and mint leaves. In this blog post I have shared vegetable biryani made 4 different ways using pressure cooker, stove top, mangalore veg biryani and instant pot version. biryani is a celebration dish great for huge gatherings, festivities and quick family dinner meals. Learn how to make this vegetarian rice dish with flavour packed aromatic rice, spices and fried nuts with step by step pictures and video also check my veg dum biryani recipe.
Wash and soak rice in lots of water for 30 mins. Take the grinding ingredients in a blender and make it into a smooth paste.
Heat oil and 1 tblspn of ghee in a pressure cooker. Add in pandan leaf and fry for 30 seconds. Now add in sliced onions and saute till it is brown. Add in green chillies and ground masala and saute for 2 mins till raw smell leaves from it. Add in tomatoes and cook for 2 mins or so. Sprinkle in biryani spice mix and salt. Mix well. Add in chopped veggies and toss well in the masala. Add in soaked drained rice and mix well.
Pour in water and some sugar. Taste and adjust for seasoning. Bring this to boil, simmer the stove and pressure cook for 1 whistle. Simmer for 5 minutes and turn off the flame. Switch off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker. Now heat 1 tblspn of ghee and fry cashews till it golden, pour this ghee and cashews over the rice and mix well. Serve.
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Instant Pot Veg Biryani
Many people prefer to use instant pot to cook veg biryani or any rice dish these days. It is so easy to use and following this method to make any rice dish like pulao, biryani is fail proof.
Grind masala as mentioned in the recipe. Wash and soak basmati rice for 30 minutes.
Set instant pot mode to saute. Pour oil into the instant pot. Add in whole spices and let them sizzle. Add in onions and saute till golden. Add in ground masala and vegetables and saute for mins. Add in strained rice, spice powders, salt and water and mix well.
Now set the mode to pressure cook mode, set timer to 6 minutes. Let it cook. Once the timer is up, it will automatically change to keep warm | low. Leave the pressure to release manually for 11 minutes. Now lift the quick release vent so the excess steam can release.
Open the instant pot and mix the rice gently. Serve.
Mangalore Veg Biryani Masala
Recipe for mangalore veg biryani remains same except a special masala is ground using coconut, coriander seeds, dry red chillies, cumin, whole spices.