Kuska Rice Recipe | Kuska Biryani

Dassana Amit · vegrecipesofindia.com · 2023 · 2

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 86% of recipes: 23% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 59%, about half as much.

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

1 cup heaped basmati rice (- 215 grams)215 g
2 tablespoons ghee≈ 27 g
50 grams onions (or 1 medium onion or ⅓ cup thinly sliced onions)50 g
65 grams tomatoes (or 1 medium to large tomato or ½ cup chopped tomatoes)65 g
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste≈ 5 g
1 or 2 green chilies (- sliced or slit)n/a
1 tablespoon mint leaves (- chopped)≈ 1.2 g
2 tablespoons coriander leaves (- chopped)≈ 2 g
2 cups water (or 2.25 cups water)≈ 474 g
1 teaspoon lemon juice≈ 4.9 g
salt ( as required)n/a
½ teaspoon caraway seeds (- shahi jeera or add ½ teaspoon cumin seeds instead)≈ 2.5 g
1 inch cinnamon≈ 3 g
2 to 3 clovesn/a
2 green cardamoms≈ 0.5 g
1 to 2 single, thin strands of macen/a
1 tej patta ((Indian bay leaf))≈ 0.2 g

Listed, but not counted in the numbers below.

uncooked rice 215 gin all 851 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.