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    Home » Rice, Noodles and Pasta » Saffron Vegetable Biryani | Zafrani Sabzi Biryani | Step by Step Recipe | Simple Bihari Thali

    Saffron Vegetable Biryani | Zafrani Sabzi Biryani | Step by Step Recipe | Simple Bihari Thali

    Published: Dec 26, 2011 · Modified: Oct 5, 2020 by Srivalli · 19 Comments

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    For the second week of Blogging Marathon, I chose Mix n Match as I wanted to try out all the themes I had listed. The best was trying out the Bihari recipes. I know when you mention Bihari dishes, the most frequently listed out will be Thekua, Litti, Chokha, Pau, etc. Though I wanted to try these too, I was looking more at the other types of dishes and browsed through a lot of Bihari sites. I finally settled to make these dishes from this site and I must say we loved our meal.

    For the Rice dish, I made Saffron Vegetable Biryani - Zafrani Sabzi Biryani. I adapted few ingredients like adding Shah Jeera instead of Cumin Seeds. I liked the way it ended up finally, though you might think it your regular vegetable biryani, it surely gave a different touch to the dish. Plus I like the fact that it gets done quickly for you to make this for your lunch box too.

    You can also serve other gravy side dishes for this pulao like this Bihari Chole Masala.

     

    With the kids at home enjoying their holidays, it becomes a big task to get things to make them be occupied. Most times they make sure they occupy by themselves, only they end up having a tiff every other second. And they have made sure I dish out chocolate cakes for them on daily basis. Now I am in the process of selecting only chocolate base cake. So look out for more chocolate cakes to make it's appearance!

    I made this for a Saturday lunch and we thoroughly enjoyed the entire thali. I have planning to  make an entire thali from each state, if not the entire 12 course meal, a simple 3 -4 course meal would surely be great. In that effort I made these three dishes and it was so filling!

     

    Step by Step Picture Recipes

     

    In a non stick pan, heat the butter, add all the whole spices, saute well.

     

    Drain the rice and add to the pan. Saute well for couple of minutes.

     

    Add water, salt and turmeric powder.

     

    Mix everything well and cook with lid covered till done. When it's done, switch off and keep it aside.

     

    Heat a non stick pan with butter, add shah jeera, then onions. Saute the onions till it turns colour, add ginger garlic paste. Cook till the raw smell leaves.

     

    Add the cubed vegetables, salt and cover with lid. Keep sauteing till the vegetables are done.

     

    If required sprinkle little water. When the vegetables are done, add the chili powder, turmeric powder and mint leaves. Cook for 5 mins in sim.

     

    Finally add the curds. Simmer for 5 mins.

     

    The curds will start letting out moisture, so keep cooking till it almost becomes dry but not very dry.

     

    You should have some liquid left.

     

    Remove half of the rice.

     

    On the base rice, add the cooked vegetable curry. spread it well.

     

     

     

     

    Then on top add rest of the rice. Sprinkle the saffron milk. coriander leaves. Cover with lid and cook in simmer for 10 mins. 
     
     
    Saffron Vegetable Biryani - Zafrani Sabzi Biryani

    Adapted from khanapakana site

    Ingredients Needed:

    For the Rice

    Basmati Rice - 1 & 1/2 cups
    Butter - 2 tsp
    Salt to taste
    Shah Jeera / Caraway Seeds - 1/2 tsp
    Bay Leaf  - 2
    Cloves - 2
    Cinnamon - 2"
    Cardamon - 1
    Water - 2 & 1/2 cups

    For the Vegetable Curry

    Butter - 1 tbsp
    Onion sliced 1 cup
    Ginger Garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
    Potatoes, 1 medium
    Carrots, 1 long
    French beans, chopped - 1/2 cup
    Peas - 1/2 cup
    Mint leaves - 1 tbsp
    Yogurt - 1/2 cup
    Shah Jeera - 1/4 tsp
    Chilli powder - 1 tsp
    Salt to taste
    Turmeric powder a pinch

    For assembling
    Hot milk 1/4 cup
    Saffron few strands
    Coriander leaves handful

    How to make Saffron Vegetable Biryani

    Soak saffron in hot milk.

    Making the Rice

    Wash and soak the basmati rice for 15 mins.

    In a non stick pan, heat the butter, add all the whole spices, saute well. Drain the rice and add to the pan. Saute well for couple of minutes.

    Add water, salt and turmeric powder. Mix everything well and cook with lid covered till done. When it's done, switch off and keep it aside.

    Making the Vegetable gravy

    Heat a non stick pan with butter, add shah jeera, then onions. Saute the onions till it turns colour, add ginger garlic paste. Cook till the raw smell leaves.

    Add the cubed vegetables, salt and cover with lid. Keep sauteing till the vegetables are done. If required sprinkle little water. When the vegetables are done, add the chili powder, turmeric powder and mint leaves. Cook for 5 mins in sim.

    Finally add the curds. Simmer for 5 mins. The curds will start letting out moisture, so keep cooking till it almost becomes dry but not very dry. You should have some liquid left.

    How to assemble the rice.

    Remove half of the rice. On the base rice, add the cooked vegetable curry. spread it well. Then on top add rest of the rice. Sprinkle the saffron milk. coriander leaves. Cover with lid and cook in simmer for 10 mins.

     

    Normally this can be done in two three layers of rice, if you take a smaller pan. Since I used the same big non stick pan, I got only two layers.

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    Author Srivalli
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    Comments

    1. Aarthi says

      December 26, 2011 at 4:35 pm

      lovely flavourful briyani

      Reply
    2. The Pumpkin Farm says

      December 26, 2011 at 4:40 pm

      lovely platter, yummy plateful flavor

      Reply
    3. Priya says

      December 26, 2011 at 5:17 pm

      Wat a rich looking super flavourful briyani,yum,makes me hungry.

      Reply
    4. Nalini's Kitchen says

      December 26, 2011 at 11:43 pm

      Flavorful biriyani and mouthwatering platter...

      Reply
    5. Chef Mireille says

      December 27, 2011 at 1:22 am

      looks delicious...your pics look amazing!

      Reply
    6. PriyaVaasu says

      December 27, 2011 at 4:15 am

      Mouth-watering valli!!! i can smell the aroma here!!!!

      Reply
    7. Archana says

      December 27, 2011 at 4:19 am

      Lovely flavours.

      Reply
    8. sushma says

      December 27, 2011 at 5:46 am

      Good one have to try sometime

      Reply
    9. Vardhini says

      December 27, 2011 at 6:10 am

      Biriyani looks flavorful and yummy Valli.

      Reply
    10. Indie.Tea says

      December 27, 2011 at 8:05 am

      That looks and sounds delicious. Saffron is SO delicious.
      Oh, and Happy Holidays 🙂

      Reply
    11. Maayeka says

      December 27, 2011 at 1:44 pm

      very delicious and flavourful biryani..great recipe..

      Reply
    12. Helene Dsouza says

      December 27, 2011 at 2:45 pm

      that looks delicious. jeera is turmeric right? ... so whats shah jeera exactly, what the difference to the simple one?

      Reply
    13. Suma Gandlur says

      December 27, 2011 at 7:35 pm

      Looks very colorful. Love the platter.

      Reply
    14. divya says

      December 28, 2011 at 10:49 pm

      wow... yummy and tempting dish

      Reply
    15. Gayathri Kumar says

      December 29, 2011 at 2:18 am

      The thali looks very inviting...

      Reply
    16. Srivalli says

      December 29, 2011 at 5:18 pm

      Helene, Jeera is not turmeric. As I have mentioned, Shah jeera is called Caraway Seeds in English. Another Indian spice that looks almost like the Cumin seed but different. It is not used interchanged but at times you can. Once you get used to using the spices you can say the difference.

      Thank you everybody!

      Reply
    17. Cool Lassi(e) says

      December 30, 2011 at 5:23 am

      Biryani looks delicious! Love all the addition of multitude of veggies!

      Reply
    18. Pavani says

      January 01, 2012 at 2:30 am

      That biryani is looking soooo good. I'm going to try this one out very soon. Bookmarked..

      Reply
    19. veena krishnakumar says

      January 02, 2012 at 4:03 am

      oooh...must have tasted geat with all those flavours especially saffron. would love to try this soon

      Reply

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