Easy Vegetable Biryani Recipe In Pressure Cooker- Bachelors Veg Biryani

Easy vegetable biryani in pressure cooker

When I was working, my colleague who is a bachelor used to bring this simple veg biryani in a pressure cooker at least twice in a week. It looks like a plain colored rice with vegetables here and there. Whenever we ask for the recipe, he says its a 10 minutes biryani using masala powder.

When I was planning for this week’s Sunday Lunch recipes, this biryani flashed in my mind. I thought this recipe may be helpful for bachelors & working women to make a chatpat, simple and no grinding biryani recipe for lunch box. Actually I wanted to make this biryani in rice cooker but finally I used pressure cooker.

Soon I will share a biryani recipe using electric rice cooker. I don’t want to create a hype by saying this biryani tastes awesome, rich, flavourful and all. Rather I would say, its a good biryani recipe with least spices. The result would be worthy for it and I am sure you will love the simplicity of this recipe. Just give a try. I have updated this recipe with a video. Pls check it below.

Check out my other pulao/Biryani recipes here !

Easy biryani recipe for Bachelors

Easy biryani recipe for Bachelors Easy vegetable biryani recipe for bachelors with step by step photos and video

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Lunch

Serves: Serves 2

Prep time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 15 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 200 ml

Basmati rice – 1 cup ( I used India gate)
Water – 1.75 cups
Mixed vegetables – 1/2 cup ( 1 carrot,5 beans,1 potato & fistful
peas)
Whole garam masala – 1 each ( Cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bayleaf) OPTIONAL
Big onion – 1 no
Tomato – 1 no
Green chilli – 1 no
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Garlic – 8 cloves OR use 1/2 tbsp of g&g paste.
Mint & coriander leaves – a handful( use more mint than coriander)
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Red chilli powder – 3/4 tsp
Dhania powder – 1/2 tsp
Biryani masala powder or Garam masala powder- 1.5 tsp
Salt – as needed
Ghee – 2 tbsp ( u can also use cooking oil)

HOW TO MAKE VEG BIRYANI IN PRESSURE COOKER – METHOD

Wash and soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes in 1.5 cups of water. If you don’t have time to soak, use 2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice. I used 1.75 cups of water as per my family’s taste.
Wash and chop all the vegetables into small cubes. Chop onions, tomato, ginger, garlic & green leaves. Slit chilli into two.

In a pressure cooker base, heat ghee and add the whole garam masala if using. Add sliced onions, chilli, ginger, garlic, mint and coriander leaves. Saute everything well for a minute. Now add the tomato along with the chopped vegetables.Saute till tomato turns mushy. Add the required salt to quicken the process.

After the tomato turns mushy,add red chilli powder, dhania powder, biryani masala powder and turmeric powder. Mix well for a minute. Lastly add the washed & drained rice and saute well for a minute. Now add the required water and pressure cook in low flame for one whistle.

Open the cooker after the steam is released. Fluff the rice with a fork.Serve it hot with raita. Enjoy !

Note

Adjust the quantity of biryani masala powder as per your taste.
You can also add 2 tbsp of curd or 1tsp of lemon juice at the end. i.e before closing the cooker.
Mint leaves & coriander leaves gives a nice flavor to this biryani. So don’t skip it.
U can replace finely chopped ginger & garlic with g&g paste.
You can also prepare the same using electric rice cooker too.In that case,use 2.5 cups of water for one cup of rice.

Check out my other pulao/Biryani recipes here !

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