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Vegetable Dum Biryani

Vegetable or paneer

maunikagowardhan.co.uk · (Serves 4)

Against 319 biryani recipes

More onions than 99% of recipes and more ghee or oil than 98%.

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How it compares

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

  • More onions than 99% of recipes: 277% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 59%, about 4.5 times as much.
  • More ghee or oil than 98% of recipes: 57% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 14%, about 4 times as much.
  • 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).
Meat, fish or egg: 0%, 13th percentileYogurt: 0%, 13th percentileOnions: 277%, 100th percentileGhee or oil: 57%, 99th percentileMint and coriander: 2%, 68th percentileSpices: 6.9%, 76th percentilePotatoes: 0%, 40th percentileSalt: 0.2%, 57th percentileMeat, fishor eggYogurtOnionsGheeor oilMint andcorianderSpicesPotatoesSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (30)

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil≈ 27 g
  • 2 tbsp butter≈ 28 g
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds≈ 2.1 g
  • 2 bay leaves≈ 0.4 g
  • 4 clovesn/a
  • 1” cinnamon stick≈ 3 g
  • 6 green cardamom≈ 1.5 g
  • 260gms onions thinly sliced260 g
  • 2” ginger coarsely grated≈ 12 g
  • 200gms tomatoes roughly chopped200 g
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree≈ 11 g
  • ¼ tsp chilli powder≈ 0.7 g
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder≈ 3 g
  • 1 heaped tsp coriander powder≈ 2.1 g
  • 450gms cauliflower (cute to small size florets)450 g
  • 220gms mushrooms quartered220 g
  • 160gms green beans cut into three160 g
  • 50mls water≈ 50 g
  • ½ tsp garam masala powder≈ 1.3 g
  • Salt to tasten/a
  • 220gms basmati rice soaked in cold water for 10 minutes220 g
  • 1.5 litres warm water≈ 1503 g
  • Pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil≈ 41 g
  • 350gms white onions thinly sliced350 g
  • 2 tbsp melted butter≈ 28 g
  • 30mls warm milk with a generous pinch of saffron soaked in the milk≈ 30 g
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped mint≈ 2.4 g
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander≈ 2 g
  • ½ tsp green cardamom powder≈ 1 g

uncooked rice 220 gin all 3611 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
  • Yogurt0% · 13th percentile
  • Onions277% · 100th percentile
  • Ghee or oil57% · 99th percentile
  • Mint and coriander2% · 68th percentile
  • Spices6.9% · 76th percentile
  • Potatoes0% · 40th percentile
  • Salt0.2% · 57th percentile

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