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Paneer Biryani Recipe (Traditional Dum Cooked)

Vegetable or paneer

Dassana Amit · vegrecipesofindia.com · 2025 · 3

Against 319 biryani recipes

More ghee or oil than 93% of recipes and more yogurt than 88%.

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How it compares

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

  • More ghee or oil than 93% of recipes: 42% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 14%, about 3 times as much.
  • More yogurt than 88% of recipes: 68% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 29%, about 2.5 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).
  • More salt than 82% of recipes: 3.3% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
Meat, fish or egg: 0%, 13th percentileYogurt: 68%, 89th percentileOnions: 83%, 71st percentileGhee or oil: 42%, 94th percentileMint and coriander: 0.9%, 53rd percentileSpices: 4.2%, 46th percentilePotatoes: 0%, 40th percentileSalt: 3.3%, 83rd percentileMeat, fishor eggYogurtOnionsGheeor oilMint andcorianderSpicesPotatoesSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (27)

  • 1 cup or (150 grams) onions (- thinly sliced)150 g
  • 4 tablespoons oil (or ghee (clarified butter))≈ 54 g
  • 1 cup or (180 grams) basmati rice (- preferably aged basmati rice)180 g
  • 4 cups water≈ 948 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 inch cinnamon≈ 3 g
  • 1 tej patta ((medium-sized) or 2 small tej patta)≈ 0.2 g
  • 2 to 3 clovesn/a
  • 2 to 3 green cardamoms≈ 0.6 g
  • ¼ teaspoon shahi jeera ((caraway seeds))≈ 0.5 g
  • 200 to 250 grams paneer ((Indian cottage cheese))250 g
  • ½ cup curd ((yogurt) - fresh)≈ 123 g
  • 1 teaspoon ginger paste (or 1 inch ginger crushed to a paste in a mortar-pestle)≈ 5 g
  • 1 teaspoon garlic paste (or 4 to 5 garlic medium-sized cloves crushed to a paste)≈ 5 g
  • 1 teaspoon green chilies (- chopped or swap with serrano pepper or 1 to 2 green chillies)≈ 4.9 g
  • 1 tablespoon coriander leaves (- chopped (cilantro))≈ 1 g
  • ½ tablespoon mint leaves (- chopped)≈ 0.6 g
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric))≈ 0.8 g
  • ¼ teaspoon red chili powder (or cayenne pepper)≈ 0.7 g
  • ¼ teaspoon garam masala≈ 0.6 g
  • ½ teaspoon coriander powder ((ground coriander))≈ 1.1 g
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice≈ 4.9 g
  • salt (as required)n/a
  • ¼ cup milk≈ 61 g
  • 16 to 18 saffron strandsn/a
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons ghee ((clarified butter))≈ 20 g
  • 1 tablespoon rose water (or kewra water (pandanus water) - optional)≈ 15 g

uncooked rice 180 gin all 1837 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
  • Yogurt68% · 89th percentile
  • Onions83% · 71st percentile
  • Ghee or oil42% · 94th percentile
  • Mint and coriander0.9% · 53rd percentile
  • Spices4.2% · 46th percentile
  • Potatoes0% · 40th percentile
  • Salt3.3% · 83rd percentile

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