This easy vegetable biryani is a meatless Indian delicacy perfect for vegetarian or vegan folks out there. It is loaded with a variety of fresh vegetables and is equally flavorful and tasty compared to any meat biryani.
The goal of Watch What U Eat is to create and share simple, easy yet healthy recipes with you. A few months ago I had published the recipe for one pot chicken biryani. It was a very simple version of the traditional meat biryani.
Today, for vegetarian or vegan fans of Watch What U Eat, here I am sharing with you one pot easy vegetable biryani. Even meat eaters would love this version of biryani.
Easy Vegetable Biryani!
This veg biryani is prepared using commonly available fresh vegetables. Therefore, it is nutritious and healthy.
Biryani is our all-time favorite dish. Especially for Tushar–he is a crazy fan of it. He always looks for opportunities to make it. Whenever we plan on inviting our friends or guests his suggestions start with including biryani in the menu. While we enjoy this delicious meat version of it, our vegetarian friends have to manage with other meatless dishes.
So, I decided to try a vegetarian version of this one-pot easy chicken biryani. Moreover, this vegetable biryani has everything to enjoy…
- full of flavors
- tasty
- satisfying
- nutritious
- filling
- one pot
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How is this veg biryani healthy?
This vegetable biryani is healthy because
- it is prepared using different fresh vegetables like cauliflower, carrot, french beans, green peas. Therefore, it contains nutrients from all these fresh vegetables.
- it does not contain added clarified butter (aka ghee). Therefore, it is low in fat content.
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📖 Recipe
One Pot Vegetable Biryani
Ingredients
- 2 cup basmati rice
- 1 cup green peas
- 2 pieces medium carrots diced into 1" to 1 ½"
- 2 cup cauliflower florets (around 1″ size)
- 1 cup green beans
- 2 large onions sliced
- ½ cup curd
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ⅓ cup chopped fresh mint
- ⅓ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 2-3 green chillies
- 2-3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon black cumin seeds
- 2 tablespoon biryani masala (or more if needed)
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil or any other cooking oil
- 4 cup water or vegetable stock
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Soak rice in water and set aside for 15-20 min.
- Heat oil in a large heavy bottom pot on medium to high heat. Add onions and saute them until caramelize (for about 8-10 min).
- Put black cumin, minced garlic, green chili and cook for about 1 min
- Add cauliflower, carrots and french beans and saute for 6-8 min
- Finally add yogurt, lemon juice, green peas and soaked rice: gently mix well.
- Season the mixture with salt and biryani masala.
- Add water or vegetable stock and bring mixture to boil.
- Then add freshly chopped mint and cilantro and simmer the biryani mixture on low heat for about 18-20 min.
- Serve warm to enjoy this flavorful veg biryani.
Notes
- If you are vegan, don’t use yogurt. Instead, add 1 or 2 tablespoon extra lime juice to enhance the taste.
- Biryani tastes really well with spiced yogurt. Season yogurt with salt, pepper and roasted cumin powder to prepare as a side dish to go with biryani (also known as raita).
I’ve never made anything like this, but it turned out great, even though I substitute, sour cream for the yogurt, with some some jalapeño cream sauce. I also use chicken stock instead of vegetable stock. And I used a different kind of Indian spice. Then it. With some simple chicken tikka masala that I made with shredded chicken from an can and a bottle of tikka masala sauce. But it all turned out great!
I followed the recipe to the letter but it doesn’t look like the photos (which I realised afterwards that it’s not a picture of the finished recipe)
I wasn’t sure if I should cover the pan whilst cooking either the recipe didn’t specify.
My finished dish was tasty though.
It tastes good but is it supposed to be mushy lol I added too much water
Best Dish for Birthday party Celebration will try this soon
This looks incredible. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
I made this Friday night with a chicken dish and it was fantastic! I had seen your recipe on Pinterest and printed it out and this one is fabulous! I was craving Indian food and this recipe looked fantastic! I made and it turned out perfect!! Thanks for posting it!
I’m always looking for new vegetarian dishes and this one looks super yummy!
This looks fabulous! I always like one pot meals and I think my hubby will love this.
This looks so delicious! Thank you for sharing!