Fragrant, comforting, and easy to serve as a complete meal, instant biryani recipe | instant veg biryani | easy vegetable biryani is a vegetarian Indian rice made with ghee / clarified butter, bay leaf / tej patta, and shah jeera / cumin seeds in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: rice
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 bay leaf / tej patta
- ¼ tsp shah jeera / cumin seeds
- 1 inch cinnamon / dalchini
- 1 star anise
- ½ tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- ½ carrot (chopped)
- 8 florets gobi / cauliflower
- ¼ potato (chopped)
- ¼ capsicum (chopped)
- 3 beans (chopped)
- ¼ cup curd / yogurt
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1 tsp biryani masala powder
- 2 tbsp pudina / mint (chopped)
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves (chopped)
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cups cooked basmati rice
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai heat 1 tbsp ghee and saute 1 bay leaf, 1 inch cinnamon, 1 star, ¼ tsp shah jeera till turns aromatic.
- further add 1 onion and saute well.
- also add ½ tsp ginger garlic paste and continue to saute.
- now add ½ carrot, ¼ potato, ¼ capsicum, 8 florets gobi and 3 beans.
- saute well making sure the vegetables are cooked well.
- furthermore add ¼ cup curd, ½ tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp biryani masala powder and ½ tsp salt.
- saute well making sure the spices and curd are cooked well. and also oil releases from sides.
- now add 2 tbsp pudina and 2 tbsp coriander leaves.
- further add 2 cups of cooked basmati rice and mix gently.
- mix well making sure the rice grain doesn't break.
- finally, instant veg biryani is ready to serve along with onion-tomato raita.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
