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veg biryani in cooker

LAST UPDATED: Jul 16, 2021 . PUBLISHED: Jan 26, 2018 by Asiya . 4 Comments

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Veg biryani in cooker is a quick rice delicacy made by mixing rice in sauteed veggies. Making vegetable biryani or any other biryani is time-consuming and needs a lot of patience. This veg biryani needs no patience and can be made very quickly with some of the basic veggies that are easily available at home on day to day basis.

Other veg rice recipes that are quick in making are lemon rice, veg pulao, veg fried rice, pudina rice etc... Do try these recipes and do share your feedback on these recipes...

veg biryani in cooker or vegetable biryani in pressure cooker served in  a plate

About the recipe

I have used here potatoes, carrots, peas and beans and made a delicious biryani that is as good as a normal veg dum biryani or a Hyderabadi veg dum biryani or Hyderabadi veg biryani.

This kind of biryani is also called vegetable tahiri but the difference is I have pressure cooked the biryani here and in normal veg tahiri we generally cook the rice in normal slow cooking methods.

Basically, any kind of biryani should be made using slow cooking or dum method as it is usually called and that is the best way of making biryani.

But, this article is mainly about a quick and easy rice recipe that works well for busy office goers and for kids too who wants to carry some delicious lunch for school.

I have made slight variations to a normal biryani and pressure cooked the vegetables and rice together and it gives a very yummy taste.

vegetable biryani in pressure cooker serve in a plate

Biryani cooking

Here, we can use any rice like basmati rice is often used to make various rice delicacies and I somehow would like to stick to ordinary rice as I made this biryani keeping all kinds of blog readers in mind.

Not everybody can afford to buy expensive and I would like to show with this recipe that delicious recipes can be made using ordinary rice too.

It turned out better than one can get using basmati rice.

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I have used very common vegetables as these veggies can be managed to get at any time of the year and we can also add additional vegetables like small cauliflower florets and also paneer cubes along with the common vegetables like aloo, beans, matar, gajar etc...

This is one of the special rice recipes using quick methods and would also like to share veg biryani recipes using the slow cooking dum method too...

This biryani that is shared below can be served with bagara baingan or mirchi ka salan.

Variations

Other kinds of similar rice recipes can be made using other vegetarian or non vegetarian too such as chicken biryani in cooker, peas pulao using matar, egg biryani recipe in cooker using eggs, paneer pulao using paneer, tomato bath using tomatoes etc...

All these recipes can be served with vegetable kurma, matar paneer, gutti vankaya etc...

Step by step procedure

  • Take a pressure cooker, add 2 tablespoon oil and heat it. Add a bay leaf, whole garam masala that is cinnamon stick, cardamom and cloves, shahi zeera and saute for few seconds.
adding whole spices to oil
  • Add sliced onions and cook them until onions turn soft. Add chopped green chillies.
Adding sliced onions and cook them until onions turn soft
  • cook the onions until they turn slight golden color. Also, add ginger garlic paste and saute for few minutes on low flame until raw smell disappears.
adding ginger garlic paste and saute for few minutes
  • Add the potato cubes, carrot slices, green beans, matar, mix and saute well for few minutes.
adding veggies to the masala
  • Let the veggies saute well.
sauteing the veggies
  • Add the tomato pieces, mix and cook until the tomatoes get soft.
Adding the tomato pieces
  • Add the curd, mix and cook until oil starts releasing.
Adding the curd
  • Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, black pepper powder.
adding spices
  • Mix and cook until the masala is cooked well and until oil starts releasing at the sides.
Mixing and cooking until the masala is cooked well
  • Add 3.5 cups of water, add chopped coriander leaves, mint leaves, mix well.
Adding 3.5 cups of water
  • Add 2 cups rice, mix well. If using basmati rice just soak it for at least 35 to 40 minutes.
Adding 2 cups of rice
  • Adjust salt as per requirement and give a mix.
stirring the veg biryani in cooker well
  • Cover the lid of the pressure cooker. Pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistles on high heat.
Pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistles
  • Reduce the steam. Remove the lid. Veg biryani in cooker is ready to be served.
switch off the flame and serve veg biryani in cooker
  • Serve hot with raita or any biryani side dish.

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Recipe

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veg biryani in cooker, how to make vegetable biryani recipe in cooker

Asiya
A quick and easy pressure cooker veg biryani made by quickly mixing rice and vegetables and pressure cooking them together.
5 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Course biryani, Main Course, Rice
Cuisine South Indian
Servings 2
Calories 182 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoon oil
  • 1 bay leaf
  • whole garam masala 1 cinnamon stick, 4 cloves, 1 cardamom
  • ½ teaspoon shahi zeera caraway seeds
  • 2 onions finely sliced
  • 3-4 green chillies slit and cut into long pieces
  • salt - to taste
  • 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
  • 1 potato peeled and cut into cubes
  • 1 carrot peeled and cut into small slices
  • 6-7 green beans chopped into long pieces
  • ½ cup green peas/matar
  • 1 to mato chopped into pieces
  • 2 tablespoon beaten yogurt/curd
  • ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ¼ teaspoon garam masala powder
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper corn powder
  • 3.5 cups water 250 gms
  • 2 tablespoon freshlly chopped coriander leaves
  • 1 tablespoon mint leaves/pudina
  • 2 cups ordinary rice
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Instructions
 

  • Take a pressure cooker, add 2 tablespoon oil and heat it.
  • Add a bay leaf, whole garam masala that is cinnamon stick, cardamom and cloves, shahi zeera and saute for few seconds.
  • Add sliced onions and cook them until onions turn soft.
  • Add chopped green chillies, cook the onions until they turn slight golden color.
  • Add ginger garlic paste and saute for few minutes on low flame until raw smell disappears.
  • Add the potato cubes, carrot slices, green beans, matar, mix and saute well for few minutes.
  • Add the tomato pieces, mix and cook until the tomatoes get soft.
  • Add the curd, mix and cook until oil starts releasing.
  • Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, black pepper powder.
  • Mix and cook until the masala is cooked well and until oil starts releasing at the sides.
  • Add 3.5 cups of water, add chopped coriander leaves, mint leaves, mix well.
  • Add 2 cups rice, mix well.
  • Add salt if required and give a mix.
  • Cover the lid of the pressure cooker.
  • Pressure cook for 3 whistles on medium flame.
  • Reduce the steam.
  • Remove the lid.
  • Veg biryani in cooker is ready to be served.
  • Serve hot with raita or any biryani side dish.

Notes

1. Saute the vegetables until there is a slight color change in them or until all the raw smell from the veggies disappear.
2. Sauteing well gives a real good taste to the veggies in pressure cooking method.
3. Using high flame burns the biryani at the base and please be careful and do not use low flame or high flame.
4. If basmati rice is used then, soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes before adding them into the cooker.
5. Additional veggies like cauliflower and paneer too can be added along with the other veggies.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
veg biryani in cooker, how to make vegetable biryani recipe in cooker
Amount Per Serving
Calories 182 Calories from Fat 126
% Daily Value*
Fat 14g22%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 4g
Monounsaturated Fat 9g
Sodium 29mg1%
Potassium 313mg9%
Carbohydrates 13g4%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 518IU10%
Vitamin C 17mg21%
Calcium 45mg5%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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  1. Leera says

    February 05, 2021 at 2:24 am

    Hi Asiya ... Nice recipe I m trying this today..

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  2. Roshin says

    March 24, 2021 at 9:38 pm

    Hi i tried this today. Yummy. Thank you! The ads on the page make it difficult to read the recipe.

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    • Asiya says

      March 25, 2021 at 12:55 am

      Sorry for the trouble dear...please close them if you do not want them while reading...Thanks...

      Reply
  3. Shilpa says

    July 23, 2021 at 10:02 am

    Super recipe...it was delicious 😋

    Reply

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