Vegetable Biryani | Seeraga Samba Veg Biryani Recipe is a tasty and delicious recipe. Veggie biryani is almost everyone’s favourite dish, and when made at home with all the vegetables and spices, it also doubles as a healthful dish. In order to create a flavorful feast, I used the traditional rice fragrant Seeraga Samba from Tamil Nadu. You can also use any raw rice too to prepare this recipe. And adding ghee roasted shallots / Onion finally gives a nice flavour and taste to the biryani, which is optional.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Seeraga Samba Rice
- 1 Onion
- 10 Beans
- 1 Carrot
- 1 Tomato
- 1/4 cup Green Peas
- 1 inch Ginger
- 10 Garlic Flakes
- 2 Green Chilli
- 1/4 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 Stick Cinnamon
- 2 Clove
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp Poppy seeds
- 1/2 tsp Fennel Seeds
- 1 Star anise
- Few Coriander leaves
- Salt
- Ghee / Oil
Directions
- Wash and Soak Seeraga Samba rice for just 10 minutes, Drain the water and keep it ready aside.
- Fine chop all the vegetables and keep them ready.
- Grind Poppy seeds, fennel seeds with green chilli, ginger and garlic to a paste.
- In a heavy bottom pot or mud pot, heat 5 spoons of ghee/ oil, add cinnamon stick, clove, bay leaves, star anise and stir.
- Then add onion and saute for a while.
- Add all the other vegetables except tomato and saute for a while till its half cooked with the lid closed.
- Then add tomato with the ground paste and saute till the raw smell disappears.
- Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and saute in low flame.
- Now, add seeraga samba rice and stir for one or two minutes.
- Add salt with 2 to 2 1/4 Cups of water and boil it.
- Once it starts to boil reduce the flame to medium and continue cooking till the water gets absorbed.
- Once done, Switch off the flames, close it with a lid and keep aside for 15 minutes.
- Then remove the lid, add coriander leaves, fluff it gently and again close it for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
- Delicious and Tasty Seeraga Samba Vegetable Biryani is Ready.
- Serve hot with any raita.
Vegetable Biryani | Seeraga Samba Veg Biryani Recipe
Vegetable Biryani | Seeraga Samba Veg Biryani Recipe is a tasty and delicious recipe. Veggie biryani is almost everyone’s favourite dish, and when made at home with all the vegetables and spices, it also doubles as a healthful dish. In order to create a flavorful feast, I used the traditional rice fragrant Seeraga Samba from Tamil Nadu. You can also use any raw rice too to prepare this recipe. And adding ghee roasted shallots / Onion finally gives a nice flavour and taste to the biryani, which is optional.
⏲️ Prep Time
10 mins
⏲️ Cook Time
20 mins
🍴 Serves
2
🍲 Meal
Lunch
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Seeraga Samba Rice
- 1 Onion
- 10 Beans
- 1 Carrot
- 1 Tomato
- 1/4 cup Green Peas
- 1 inch Ginger
- 10 Garlic Flakes
- 2 Green Chilli
- 1/4 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 Stick Cinnamon
- 2 Clove
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp Poppy seeds
- 1/2 tsp Fennel Seeds
- 1 Star anise
- Few Coriander leaves
- Salt
- Ghee / Oil
Directions
- Wash and Soak Seeraga Samba rice for just 10 minutes, Drain the water and keep it ready aside.
- Fine chop all the vegetables and keep them ready.
- Grind Poppy seeds, fennel seeds with green chilli, ginger and garlic to a paste.
- In a heavy bottom pot or mud pot, heat 5 spoons of ghee/ oil, add cinnamon stick, clove, bay leaves, star anise and stir.
- Then add onion and saute for a while.
- Add all the other vegetables except tomato and saute for a while till its half cooked with the lid closed.
- Then add tomato with the ground paste and saute till the raw smell disappears.
- Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and saute in low flame.
- Now, add seeraga samba rice and stir for one or two minutes.
- Add salt with 2 to 2 1/4 Cups of water and boil it.
- Once it starts to boil reduce the flame to medium and continue cooking till the water gets absorbed.
- Once done, Switch off the flames, close it with a lid and keep aside for 15 minutes.
- Then remove the lid, add coriander leaves, fluff it gently and again close it for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
- Delicious and Tasty Seeraga Samba Vegetable Biryani is Ready.
- Serve hot with any raita.
