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Veg Biryani

Vegetable or paneer

spiceupthecurry.com · 2016 · 4

Against 319 biryani recipes

No meat, fish or egg, unlike 73% of recipes and more ghee or oil than 89%.

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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).
  • More ghee or oil than 89% of recipes: 34% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 14%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • 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.
  • More potatoes than 89% of recipes: 115% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
Meat, fish or egg: 0%, 13th percentileYogurt: 44%, 72nd percentileOnions: 97%, 79th percentileGhee or oil: 34%, 90th percentileMint and coriander: 2.8%, 79th percentileSpices: 12%, 93rd percentilePotatoes: 115%, 91st percentileSalt: 0%, 27th percentileMeat, fishor eggYogurtOnionsGheeor oilMint andcorianderSpicesPotatoesSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (42)

  • 1 cup Basmati rice≈ 185 g
  • 4 cups Water≈ 948 g
  • 2 Green cardamoms≈ 0.5 g
  • 2 Black cardamom≈ 0.5 g
  • 4 Clovesn/a
  • 4-5 Black peppercornsn/a
  • 1 inch Cinnamon stick≈ 3 g
  • 1 Bay leaf≈ 0.2 g
  • 2 strands Mace (Javitri)n/a
  • 1 Star anise≈ 1 g
  • Salt (to taste)n/a
  • 2-3 tablespoons Oil≈ 34 g
  • 3 tablespoons Cashew nuts≈ 23 g
  • 2 tablespoons Almonds (chopped or sliced or whole)≈ 15 g
  • 1 small or ½ cup Red onion (sliced)≈ 70 g
  • 1-2 tablespoons Oil≈ 20 g
  • 4-5 Clovesn/a
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds≈ 2.1 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Ginger paste or freshly grated or crushed≈ 8 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Garlic paste or freshly grated≈ 8 g
  • 2 Green chilies (slit)n/a
  • 1 medium or ¾ cup Red onion (sliced)≈ 110 g
  • 1 medium or ½ cup Carrots (chopped)≈ 61 g
  • 8-10 or ½ cup Green beans (French beans) (cut into 1 inch pieces)n/a
  • ½ cup Cauliflower (gobi) (cut into florets)≈ 119 g
  • ⅓ cup Capsicum (Green bell pepper) (chopped, optional)≈ 79 g
  • 1 medium or ¾ cup Potatoes (peeled and chopped)≈ 213 g
  • ½ cup Green peas≈ 119 g
  • 2-3 teaspoons Red chili powder≈ 7 g
  • ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder≈ 1.5 g
  • 2 teaspoons Coriander powder≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 teaspoon Garam masala (or ready biryani masala)≈ 2.5 g
  • 2 teaspoons Kasoori methi (dried fenugreek leaves)≈ 10 g
  • 1 medium or about ½ cup Tomato pureed≈ 120 g
  • 1 tablespoon Cilantro or coriander leaves (chopped finely)≈ 1 g
  • 1 tablespoon Mint leaves (chopped finely)≈ 1.2 g
  • ⅓ cup Plain yogurt ((dahi or curd))≈ 82 g
  • Saffron (few strands)n/a
  • 2-3 teaspoons Milk≈ 13 g
  • 1 teaspoon Rose water ((Instead you can use kewra water too))≈ 4.9 g
  • 2 teaspoons Ghee (Clarified butter)≈ 9 g
  • 2-3 tablespoons Mint leaves (roughly chopped)≈ 3 g

uncooked rice 185 gin all 2277 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
  • Yogurt44% · 72nd percentile
  • Onions97% · 79th percentile
  • Ghee or oil34% · 90th percentile
  • Mint and coriander2.8% · 79th percentile
  • Spices12% · 93rd percentile
  • Potatoes115% · 91st percentile
  • Salt0% · 27th percentile

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