One-Pot Mushroom Biryani with Tamarind and Coconut Milk
Vegetable or paneer
Food Network Kitchen · foodnetwork.com · 2022 · 6 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).
- More spices than 92% of recipes: 12% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 4.6%, about 2.5 times as much.
- No mint and coriander at all, where 62% of recipes use some (most of those 1 to 3.6% of the uncooked rice weight).
Ingredients (21)
- 1 1/4 cups basmati rice≈ 231 g
- 2 teaspoons sugar≈ 8 g
- 2 teaspoons tamarind paste, such as GloryBee Organic Tamarind Puree or Tamicon Tamarind Concentrate≈ 11 g
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil or ghee≈ 41 g
- 1 teaspoon brown mustard seeds≈ 5 g
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds≈ 2.1 g
- 3/4 to 1 cup mixed nuts (I like using peanuts and cashews)≈ 105 g
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (depending on your spice preference)≈ 2.3 g
- 2 sprigs curry leaves (about 20 curry leaves), optionaln/a
- 1 large onion, chopped≈ 150 g
- 1 pound mixed mushrooms (such as cremini, oyster, shiitake, etc.), trimmed and sliced454 g
- 4 cloves garlic, grated or finely minced≈ 12 g
- One 2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated or mashed≈ 6 g
- 2 tablespoons plus 1 1/2 teaspoons vangi bhath masala powder (See Cook’s Note)≈ 19 g
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala≈ 1.3 g
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder≈ 0.8 g
- Kosher saltn/a
- 3 plum tomatoes, peeled and chopped (about 1 1/4 cups) or 1 cup canned whole peeled tomatoes, crushed≈ 360 g
- 1 cup coconut milk≈ 240 g
- 1 cup chicken or vegetable stock≈ 237 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the numbers below.
- Fresh cilantro leaves, for servingn/a
uncooked rice 231 gin all 1886 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
Grams per 100 g of uncooked rice, and where that falls among all 319 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Meat, fish or egg0% · 13th percentile · median 133%
- Yogurt0% · 13th percentile · median 29%
- Onions65% · 58th percentile · median 59%
- Ghee or oil18% · 63rd percentile · median 14%
- Mint and coriander0% · 19th percentile · median 0.7%
- Spices12% · 93rd percentile · median 4.6%
- Potatoes0% · 40th percentile · median 0%
- Salt0% · 27th percentile · median 0%
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