Hyderabadi Veg Dum Biryani
- sthanika0
- Sep 16, 2022
- 2 min read

Ingredients
200gms -Beans
5 nos - Carrots
9 nos - Potatoes
1 cup - Peas
3 nos - Green chilies
1 - Red Onion (med)
Handful - Coriander
Handful - Mint
1 cup + 2 tbsp - Yogurt
2 tbsp - Ginger Garlic Paste
1 tsp - Garam masala
2 tsp - Chili powder (1 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder + 1 tsp chilli powder)
1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder
1 tsp - Shahi jeera
4 - Cardamom (2 + 2)
2 - Star Anise (1 + 1)
1 - Mace
4 - Cloves (2 + 2)
2 - Bay leaves (1 + 1)
2 - Black cardamom - (1 + 1)
2 large pieces - Cinnamon (1 + 1)
3 cups - Rice
Juice of half a lemon
Preparation
Gravy Preparation -
Fry each vegetable except peas separately in oil with little salt. Keep Aside
Heat oil / ghee and add other half of whole spices
Add ginger garlic paste to the oil and saute
Add green chilies and saute for another min
Add the turmeric and chilli powders and mix well. Saute for few seconds
Reduce the flame and add beaten yogurt. Mix well
Add chopped coriander and mint leaves along with salt
Once everything is mixed in add fried veggies and peas. Mix well
Add extra dollop of yogurt along with garam masala
Cover and cook for 5 mins until everything is well combined
Add fried onions to the gravy along with juice of half lemon
Cover and keep aside until rice cooks
Rice Preparation
Rinse and soak rice
Boil water and add the cardamom, star anise, cloves, bay leaves, black cardamom, cinnamon and shahi jeera along with salt and 1 tbsp oil
Once water comes to rolling boil add the soaked and drained rice and cook for 7 mins
Layering
Line a hard bottom vessel with sliced potatoes
Layer some veggies and then with some rice and cooking water (very very less)
Add ghee, some fried onion and some mint and coriander leaves
Add another layer of veggies, rice and top it with some ghee, color, fried onion and some mint and coriander leaves
Cover the dish with foil and dum for 15 mins
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