Quick Pressure Cooker Vegetable Biryani/Vegetable Biryani Recipe

Vegetable Biryani’s can be made in different ways, like layering, in rice cooker or vegetable dum biryani. This is the easiest and simplest version of vegetable biryani made in no time. It is a perfect and healthy one pot meal for all types of occasions, and especially very useful when packing lunch for kids or your husbands.

Here’s how to make it with step by step photos…

Ingredients

Basmati rice	2 cups
Onion	2 cut to cubes
Tomatoes	3 finely chopped
Green chillies	4 slit length wise
Ginger & Garlic paste	2 tsp
Red chilli powder	1 tsp
Coriander powder	2 tsp
Turmeric powder	¼ tsp
Cumin powder/Jeeragam Powder	½ tsp
Yogurt/curd	3 tbsp
Oil +  Ghee	3 tbsp
Salt	As needed
Mint/Pudina leaves	One handful (cleaned & washed)
Coriander leaves	One handful (cleaned & washed)
Mixed vegetables	2 cups

Mixed vegetables – carrots, beans, cauliflower, peas and potatoes (add any other vegetable you wish to)

For Tempering

Cinnamon	2 sticks (1 inch each)
Cloves	3
Cardamom	2
Fennel seeds	1 tsp
Bay leaves	2
Cashew nuts	6 -10

Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes
Cooking Time: 30-40 minutes
Author: Priya Anandakumar

Method

Wash and soak the basmati rice for 20 min, drain and keep it aside.

Cut the beans, carrots and potatoes length wise. Wash the cauliflower florets and soak in hot water with salt for 5 min. Drain the water and keep it aside.

In a pressure cooker heat oil and ghee together, add all the ingredients mentioned for tempering above and sauté until nice aroma comes out.

Add the onions, green chillies and sauté until translucent; now add the ginger & garlic paste and sauté until the raw smell vanishes. Now add the tomatoes and sauté until mushy. Add the mint leaves and sauté for 2 min.

Add all the vegetables and mix well. Add the red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder and give a good stir and sauté for about 3 -4 min. Now add 3 cups of water, yogurt, salt and let it boil real good.

Add the basmati rice, coriander leaves and close the pressure cooker lid and cook for 2 whistles.

Finally open the lid after the steam releases, gently give a good stir and garnish with fried onions or coriander leaves.

Yummy, healthy and delicious vegetable biryani is ready to be enjoyed, serve it hot with any raita.

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Other biryani varieties that might be of your interest...

Quick Pressure Cooker Chicken Biryani

Fried Chicken Biryani
Green Chicken Biryani

Ambur ChickenBiryani

Chicken Pulav
Mutton Biryani [Layered in oven]
Brinjal for Biryani [Biryani Kathrikkai]

Vegetarian /Biryani Varieties

Quick pressure cooker Vegetable Biryani

Soya Chunks Biryani

Mushroom Biryani/Kaalan Biryani

Chickpea Biryani/Kondakadalai Biryani

Peas Pulav

Vegetable Pulav

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