hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

Hyderabadi Veg Biryani Recipe | How to Make Veg Biryani

How to Make Hyderabadi Veg Biryani

From the kitchens of Nizam of Hyderabad comes this rice dish which is absolutely elaborate in terms of flavors and aroma. Perfectly cooked rice teamed with appropriately cooked vegetables along with the aroma of cardamom, cinnamon, star anise, mace, nutmeg, etc; the hint of saffron and the garnish of greens i.e. coriander, mint, and birista (fried onions). Dum technique is used to make Hyderabadi Veg Biryani. It is very important that all the elements are prepared perfectly and put together meticulously. Hyderabadi veg biryani recipe is not easy and simple. To make biryani, I would need a recipe, some planning and a lot of mental preparation. I would always avoid making it at home. But this time I figured out how to make biryani? Little homework and recipe management and now onwards biryani will be on our weekend menu more regularly than ever.

Hyderabadi Veg Biryani Recipe- Ingredients for Hyderabadi Veg Biryani

Biryani Masala: You can’t go wrong with this one. This ingredient has got to be perfect. Biryani masala is a ground spice mix of the most aromatic spices used in cooking. Here is the recipe for the best biryani masala.

Birista: Fried onions are called birista.

Vegetables: Every 100 grams of rice should have anywhere between 100-150 grams of vegetables. Doesn’t this make things simple? I used 125 grams of vegetables for 100 grams of rice and this worked just fine for me. Neither the biryani gets overcrowded with veggies nor do you miss any. You can take the vegetables of your choice. I have taken cauliflower, French beans, carrots, peas, potatoes, and capsicum. You can also add onions, mushrooms, etc.

Spices: Other than the biryani masala, bay leaf, cinnamon, and cumin seeds have been used to flavor the biryani.

Other Ingredients: Yogurt is one of the most important ingredients that go into the marinade. Other than this a few spices along with garlic, ginger and green chilies have been added.

Ghee and saffron are so indispensable for biryani.

How to make biryani?

Well, as I already mentioned, biryani calls for a recipe and some planning. A little homework and making biryani will be a simple affair. The following can be done

1. Make biryani masala and birista in advance. When refrigerated, both these ingredients, have a very good shelf life. So, I always have them readily available. If you do not like to stock up things, make these two a day before you plan to make biryani.

2. Carry out the steps for making biryani simultaneously, as follows:

3. Soak rice and sauté vegetables

4. Marinate vegetables and cook rice

5. Assemble the biryani.

6. Cook the biryani.

Best biryani recipe:

Perfect biryani will have perfectly cooked rice and perfectly cooked vegetables. It will have a perfect balance of the spices and also the balance of the ingredients used. Following points should be kept in mind to make perfect biryani:

  1. Use the best quality long grain aged basmati rice to make biryani.
  2. Maintain the proportion of vegetables and rice. 1 part rice up to 1 and a half part (in terms of weight) vegetables is good.
  3. Use the best biryani masala.
  4. Salt is added at two stages while making biryani. One, while marinating the vegetables, and also while cooking the rice. I added 1 tsp of salt to the vegetables and 1 tsp salt to cook rice. And this worked fine for me. You can follow this or add it as per taste.
  5. I cook the rice up to 80%. It took me 7 minutes to cook rice for biryani.
  6. The timings for cooking each vegetable has been explained in the recipe.
  7. Dum technique should be followed to cook biryani. Biryani takes its time on the gas stove and off the stove too. The biryani needs to be cooked on a stove, then on dum and even after it is removed from the gas stove, it has to be left for some time.

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How to serve Hyderabadi Dum Biryani

You can serve it with the raita of your choice. I like to serve it with tandoori chutney and lachcha pyaaz.

Hyderabadi Dum Biryani Recipe

1.This recipe serves 4-5 persons.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

2.Step 1: Soak rice Wash 1 cup of rice and soak in enough water for 15-20 minutes.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

3.Step 2: Sauté Vegetables While rice gets soaked, heat 2 tbsp of oil.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

4.Add 1 medium sized potato.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

5.Cook for 4-5 minutes.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

6.Next add in ½ a cup of cauliflower florets.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

7.Cook for 3-4 minutes.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

8.Next add in ½ cup peas, ¼ cup French beans and ½ cup carrots. Cook for 2-3 minutes.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

9.Next add in ½ a capsicum.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

10.Cook for a couple of minutes.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

11.Step 3: Marinate the Vegetables Transfer the sautéed vegetables in a mixing bowl.

Tips:Recipe for biryani masala in the ingredients section.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

12.Into that bowl add in 100 grams of yogurt (dahi), ½ tsp of garlic paste, ½ tsp of ginger paste, 2 green chilies, ½ tsp red chili powder, ¼ tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp coriander powder, 1 tsp biryani masala, 1 tsp lemon juice, ¼ cup birista, a handful of mint leaves, a handful of coriander leaves and salt to taste. Mix well, cover and leave it for 15 minutes.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

13.Step 4: Cook rice for biryani While the vegetables get marinated, cook rice. In a pan heat ½ tsp ghee. Add ¼ tsp cumin seeds (jeera) and let it splutter.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

14.Next add in a bay leaf (tej patta) and ½-inch cinnamon stick (dal chini). Cook for 30 seconds.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

15.Add in enough water.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

16.Add in salt to taste.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

17.Squeeze in half of a lemon.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

18.Let it come to a boil.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

19.Add in soaked rice.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

20.Cook rice till 70% done. I cooked the rice for 7 minutes.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

21.Thereafter strain the rice.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

22.Step 5: Assemble Biryani: Now collect marinated vegetables, semi cooked rice, saffron strands soaked in 1 tbsp of water, a handful of mint leaves, ¼ cup birista, ¼ tsp biryani masala and 1 slice tomato. Heat the pan in which biryani is to be prepared. Add 2 tbsp of ghee.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

23.Put the sliced tomatoes. Put the marinated vegetables.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

24.Add few mint leaves, 2 tbsp of birista, and ¼ tsp of biryani masala.

Tips:I had added little rice by mistake. No rice should be added. Only garnish has to be added at this point.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

25.Next add the rice.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

26.Add 2 tbsp of birista, a handful of mint leaves, a few saffron strands.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

27.Step 6: Cook Biryani Put dough of atta on the rim of the vessel.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

28.Cover it and put something heavy on it.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

29.Cook it so for 10-12 minutes.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

30.Thereafter place a heavy skillet under the pan. And cook for another 10-12 minutes.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

31.Switch off the flame and leave it to rest for 10-12 minutes.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

32.Remove the lid. Give it a gentle mix.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

33.Serve hot.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

34. Bon appetite.

hyderabadi veg biryani recipe

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