easy student biryani recipe | veg student biryani recipe | veg biryani recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 30 minutes
- Cook time: 45 minutes
- Total time: 75 minutes
- Yield: 4 Servings
- Category: rice
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
to cook rice:
- 1½ cup basmati rice (washed & soaked 30 minutes)
- 6 cups water
- 1 star anise
- 7 cloves
- 1 inch cinnamon stick / dalchini
- 1 bay leaf / tej patta
- 2 cardamom / elaichi
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp oil
- salt to taste
for biryani:
- 4 tbsp oil / ghee
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- 5 mushrooms (chopped)
- 6 cauliflower / gobi (florets)
- 1 potato (cubed)
- 1 to mato (finely chopped)
- 8 broccoli (florets)
- ½ tsp turmeric powder / haldi
- 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
- ¾ tsp coriander powder
- 1½ tsp biryani masala
- salt to taste
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup curd / yogurt
- fistful mint / pudina
- fistful coriander leaves (chopped)
- ¼ cup fried onion
Method
rice cooking recipe:
- firstly, in a vessel take water along with spices, salt, oil and basmati rice.
- cook the rice grains for approximately 10 minutes.
- further drain the rice and rinse with water.
student biryani recipe:
- firstly, in a large kadai take oil / ghee.
- further saute onions, ginger-garlic paste.
- add vegetables of your choice and saute.
- furthermore, add turmeric, chilli powder, coriander powder and salt.
- add water and curd. mix well.
- also add biryani masala.
- add broccoli and tomatoes.
- furthermore, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
- now take a cup of masala stock and keep aside.
- layer mint, cooked rice, reserved masala stock.
- also layer with mint, coriander leaves and fried onions.
- finally, cover and cook for 20 minutes and serve.
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.