Vegetable biryani
- Published: 31 Mar 08
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
A quick, simple vegetable biryani recipe packed with mixed vegetables and fragrant spices.
Serve this vegetable biryani as part of a Diwali celebration dinner.
Ingredients
- 275g basmati rice
- 40g ghee
- 1 large onion, finely sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- Thumb-size piece of fresh ginger, grated
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp mild chilli powder
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 500g mixed vegetables, prepared and cut into small pieces (we used cauliflower, red pepper, green beans and mushrooms)
- 6 cardamom pods, cracked
- 6 cloves
- Small handful fresh coriander, to garnish
Method
- Rinse and soak the rice in cold water for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the ghee in a wide, deep flameproof casserole with a tight-fitting lid over a medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, for 10 minutes. Add the garlic, fresh ginger and ground spices and stir for 2 minutes. Stir in the vegetables and 150ml water, cover and cook gently for 3-4 minutes. Season with plenty of freshly ground black pepper and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 150°C/fan130°C/gas 2. Drain the rice. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, add the rice and whole spices and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain and gently fold into the onion and vegetable mixture in the casserole – don’t overmix as you want some rice to stay white and some to be streaked with turmeric.
- Place the casserole back over a high heat, cover and cook for 1 minute to build up steam. Transfer to the oven for 15 minutes, until the rice and vegetables are tender.
- Divide the biryani between bowls, garnish with fresh coriander and serve with some mango chutney and poppadoms.
- Recipe from April 2008 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 382kcals
- Fat
- 11.6g (6.8g saturated)
- Protein
- 8.6g
- Carbohydrates
- 61.7g (5g sugars)
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