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Vegetable Biryani Recipe | Pressure Cooker Veg Biryani Recipe

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.
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
soaking time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 385kcal

Equipment

  • Pressure cooker
  • Blender
  • Cooking pot

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Basmati Rice
  • 1 tablespoon Oil
  • 1 tablespoon Ghee
  • 3 piece Pandan Leaves / Ramba Ilai / Biryani leaf
  • 1 large Onions sliced thinly
  • 2 no Green Chillies slit
  • 1 large Tomatoes chopped finely
  • 3 tablespoon Biryani Masala Powder
  • 2 large Carrots chopped
  • 1 cup Cauliflower chopped
  • 10 no Beans chopped
  • 1 cup Green Peas
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar
  • 3 cups Water
  • 2 teaspoon Lemon Juice
  • Salt to taste

For Grinding

  • ½ cup Coriander Leaves chopped
  • ½ cup Mint Leaves chopped
  • 2 inch Ginger
  • 6 cloves Garlic peeled

For Frying

  • 2 tablespoon Ghee
  • 10 no Cashews

Instructions

  • 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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Notes

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.
  • 3 tablespoon Coconut
  • 1 tablespoon Coriander Seeds
  • 4 Dry Red Chillies
  • 1 small piece Cinnamon
  • 4 Cardamom
  • 3 Cloves
  • 2 teaspoon Fennel Seeds
  • 6 cloves Garlic
  • 2 inch piece Ginger
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds

Nutrition

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 385kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 42mg | Potassium: 436mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 4697IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 2mg
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