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Vegetable Biryani Recipe (Restaurant Style)

Vegetable or paneer

Dassana Amit · vegrecipesofindia.com · 2024 · 4

Against 319 biryani recipes

More yogurt than 88% of recipes and no meat, fish or egg, unlike 73%.

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How it compares

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

  • More yogurt than 88% of recipes: 67% 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 ghee or oil than 82% of recipes: 25% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 14%.
  • More potatoes than 83% of recipes: 71% of the uncooked rice weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
Meat, fish or egg: 0%, 13th percentileYogurt: 67%, 88th percentileOnions: 80%, 66th percentileGhee or oil: 25%, 83rd percentileMint and coriander: 1.7%, 66th percentileSpices: 4.1%, 43rd percentilePotatoes: 71%, 84th percentileSalt: 1.5%, 63rd percentileMeat, fishor eggYogurtOnionsGheeor oilMint andcorianderSpicesPotatoesSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (30)

  • 1.5 cups basmati rice (- 300 grams)300 g
  • 3 to 4 green cardamoms≈ 0.9 g
  • 1 inch cinnamon≈ 3 g
  • 1 tej patta (- medium size, (Indian bay leaf))≈ 0.2 g
  • 2 star anise≈ 2 g
  • 1 black cardamom≈ 0.3 g
  • 5 cups water (- for cooking rice)≈ 1185 g
  • ¾ teaspoon salt (or add as required)≈ 4.5 g
  • 2 cups onions (- thinly sliced, 200 grams or 2 large onions)200 g
  • 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste (or 1 inch ginger + 7 to 8 small to medium garlic cloves crushed in mortar-pestle)≈ 16 g
  • 2 carrots (- chopped, medium-sized)≈ 122 g
  • 1 potato (- chopped, medium-sized)≈ 213 g
  • ½ cup cauliflower florets (- optional, I have not added cauliflower)≈ 119 g
  • 4 to 5 button mushrooms (- chopped)n/a
  • ¼ cup french beans (- chopped)≈ 59 g
  • ½ cup green peas (- fresh or frozen)≈ 119 g
  • 1 cup curd (- fresh (yogurt) or 200 grams)200 g
  • ½ cup water (- for pressure cooking and ¾ cup water if cooking in a pot)≈ 119 g
  • ½ to 1 teaspoon red chilli powder≈ 2 g
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons oil (or ghee - I used sunflower oil)≈ 48 g
  • salt (as required)n/a
  • 1 inch cinnamon stick≈ 3 g
  • 4 clovesn/a
  • 4 green cardamoms≈ 1 g
  • 1 single strand of mace ((javitri), (not the whole mace. mace is a strong spice))n/a
  • ¼ cup sautéed browned onions ((birista))≈ 40 g
  • 15 to 20 saffron strandsn/a
  • 2 tablespoons milk (- warm)≈ 31 g
  • ¼ cup mint leaves (- chopped)≈ 5 g
  • 2 tablespoons oil ( or butter or ghee (clarified butter))≈ 27 g

uncooked rice 300 gin all 2818 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
  • Yogurt67% · 88th percentile
  • Onions80% · 66th percentile
  • Ghee or oil25% · 83rd percentile
  • Mint and coriander1.7% · 66th percentile
  • Spices4.1% · 43rd percentile
  • Potatoes71% · 84th percentile
  • Salt1.5% · 63rd percentile

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