Chana Biryani

Vegetable or paneer

Dassana Amit · vegrecipesofindia.com · 2021 · 3

Against 319 biryani recipes

More mint and coriander than 98% of recipes and no meat, fish or egg, unlike 73%.

How it compares

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

More mint and coriander than 98% of recipes: 10% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 14.5 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).
More spices than 87% of recipes: 9.7% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 4.6%, about twice as much.

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

2 to 3 tablespoon oil≈ 34 g
1 teaspoon caraway seeds ((shahi jeera))≈ 4.9 g
2 to 3 green cardamoms≈ 0.6 g
1 black cardamom≈ 0.3 g
1.5 inch cinnamon≈ 4.5 g
1 tej patta ((Indian bay leaf))≈ 0.2 g
2 to 3 clovesn/a
1 cup thinly sliced onions (- 160 grams onions or 2 large onions)160 g
½ cup chopped tomatos (- 100 grams tomatoes or 1 large tomato)100 g
½ tablespoon finely chopped ginger (- 5 grams or 1 inch ginger)5 g
½ tablespoon finely chopped garlic (- 5 grams or 8-10 medium sized garlic cloves)5 g
2 to 3 green chilies (slit or sliced diagonally)n/a
½ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric))≈ 1.5 g
½ teaspoon red chilli powder≈ 1.4 g
1 teaspoon coriander powder ((ground coriander))≈ 2.1 g
1 cup dried white chickpeas ((chole or chana) - 200 grams chana, soaked overnight in enough water)200 g
2.25 cups water (for pressure cooking chana gravy)≈ 533 g
salt (as required)n/a
¾ to 1 cup Coconut Milk (or about 200 to 250 ml coconut milk)≈ 210 g
1 cup basmati rice (- heaped, 200 grams)200 g
3 cups water (- for cooking rice)≈ 711 g
1 to 1.5 inch cinnamon ((dalchini))≈ 3.8 g
2 to 3 single strands of macen/a
3 clovesn/a
½ teaspoon salt (or add as required)≈ 3 g
½ cup chopped mint leaves (- 10 grams)10 g
½ cup chopped coriander leaves (- 10 grams)10 g
2 teaspoons ginger julienne≈ 4 g
1 tablespoon warm water (+ 1 pinch of saffron strands)≈ 15 g
1 to 2 teaspoons rose water (or kewra water (pandanus water))≈ 7 g

uncooked rice 200 gin all 2227 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.