Chef Biju's Simple Biryani

Food Network · foodnetwork.com · 2016 · 4 servings

Against 319 biryani recipes

No meat, fish or egg, unlike 73% of recipes and no yogurt, unlike 74%.

How it compares

Against the typical pot: the median of 319 biryani recipes, per 100 g of uncooked rice.

No meat, fish or egg at all, where 73% of recipes use some (most of those 117 to 206% of the uncooked rice weight).
No yogurt at all, where 74% of recipes use some (most of those 23 to 62% of the uncooked rice weight).
Fewer onions than 79% of recipes: 30% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 59%, about half as much.
Fewer spices than 83% of recipes: 2% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 4.6%, about half as much.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

2 cups rice (see Cook's Note)≈ 370 g
2 tablespoons light olive oil≈ 27 g
2 cups chopped vegetables such as carrots, broccoli, yellow squash, zucchini, etc.≈ 220 g
1 onion, sliced into strips≈ 110 g
1/4 cup cashews or peanuts≈ 30 g
1/4 cup raisins≈ 38 g
1 tablespoon curry powder (add more if you like)≈ 8 g
Saltn/a

uncooked rice 370 gin all 802 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of uncooked rice, and where that falls among all 319 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by percentages of the uncooked rice weight: meat, fish or egg, yogurt, onions, ghee or oil, mint and coriander, spices, potatoes, salt.