Want to eat like a royal this weekend? Put your pots and pants on the table and bring together all the ingredients you need to prepare a Hyderabadi Vegetable Biryani.

Biryani has a variety of options ranging from vegetarian and non-vegetarian. But Hyderabadi Veg Biryani is a royal food brought to India by the Mughal-Nawab family in Hyderabad.

The word Biryani originates from the Persian words Birian, which means fried before cooking, and Birinj, which means rice.

Cook up a luscious Hyderabadi vegetable biryani and relish with your loved ones at home.

Ingredients

For marination:

1 cup curd
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
2 chilli, chopped
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp oil
½ tsp turmeric
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp coriander powder
2 tsp garam masala
1 tsp salt
2 potato, cubed
5 beans, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
3 tsp peas
10 mushrooms, chopped
3 tsp mint, chopped
3 tsp coriander, chopped

For rice:

2 cup basmati rice
Water, for soaking and boiling
3 chilli, slit
2 tsp coriander, chopped
2 tsp mint, chopped
2 tsp salt
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp ghee

For biryani:

2 tsp ghee
2 tsp oil
1 onion, sliced
1 capsicum, cubed
Fried onion
½ cup saffron milk
1 tsp biryani masala
2 tsp ghee

Instruction

How to marinate vegetables for biryani:

• Firstly, in a bowl take 1 cup curd, 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste, 2 chillies, 2 tsp lemon juice, 2 tsp oil, ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, 2 tbsp garam masala and 1 tsp salt.
• Whisk and mix well making sure everything is well combined.
• Add 2 potatoes, 5 beans, 1 carrot, 3 tbsp peas, 10 mushrooms, 3 tbsp mint and 3 tbsp coriander.
• Mix well making sure everything is well combined. cover and marinate for 30 minutes.

How to make biryani base:

• Firstly, in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp ghee and 2 tbsp oil.
• Add 1 onion and fry until the onions turn golden brown.
• Add 1 capsicum and fry until the capsicum turns crunchy.
• Furthermore, add the prepared marination mixture and mix well.
• Cover and cook for 10 minutes, or until the vegetables are cooked almost. Keep aside.

How to cook rice for biryani:

• Firstly, rinse and soak 2 cups of basmati rice for 30 minutes.
• Now in a large vessel take enough water and add mixed spices, 3 chillies, 2 tbsp coriander, 2 tbsp salt, 2 tsp lemon juice and 1 tsp ghee.
• Boil for 5 minutes, or until the water turns flavourful.
• Now add in soaked basmati rice and mix gently.
• Boil for 5. minutes, or until the rice is 80% cooked.
• Further, drain off the rice, and the rice is ready for layering in the biryani.

How to layer the dum biryani:

• Firstly, spread out the biryani gravy base onto the kadai. Top with fried onion, coriander, and mint.
• Further top with cooked rice and level out uniformly.
• Also top with fried onion, coriander, and mint.
• Pour ½ cup saffron milk, 1 tsp biryani masala and 2 tsp ghee.
• Cover and seal using aluminium foil.
• Simmer for 20 minutes, or until the rice is cooked well. make sure to rest for at least 30 minutes, before serving the veg dum biryani.
• Finally, enjoy Veg Dum Biryani with salad and raita.

(Recipe credit: hebbarskitchen.com)