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Easy Vegan Biryani Cooked In a Microwave Oven
How to Make a Vegan Biryani
What goes with Biryani?
The biryani is a meal in itself. Served usually with raita, or gravy by the side, like a salad that tastes great with the meal. Pickled onions and cut cucumbers as well are served along with the biryani meal. Most often, in many households, biryani is a special weekend meal made on Sunday afternoons for lunch.
This vegan biryani goes best with a cucumber salad made with marinated onions.
Easy Vegan Biryani Cooked In a Microwave
Easy Vegan Biryani Cooked In a Microwave Oven - How to Make a Vegan Biryani
Ingredients
Vegetables
- 1 potato - cut into ½" pieces
- ½ of a small cauliflower - cut into florets
- 2 carrots - cut into ½" pieces
- 1 cup green peas
- 1 tomato cut into 8 pieces
- 2-3 green chilies - cut into thin strips
- 1 tbsp mint leaves
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Spice Bag
- 10 whole peppercorns
- 2 tsp fennel seeds
- 3-4 green cardamoms
- 3-4 black cardamoms
- 4 cloves
- 2 sticks cinnamon
Biryani
- 1 cup long-grained fragrant rice- washed and soaked
- 5 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- ½ tsp garlic paste
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- 1½ tsp salt or to taste
Instructions
In a broad microwave-proof dish, pour oil, ginger, garlic, cauliflower, potato, carrots, and peas.
Microwave for 4 mins.
Drain the soaked rice.
Add rice, 2 cups of water, turmeric powder, red chili powder, and salt.
Add the spice bag. Microwave covered for 6 mins.
Add tomatoes, mint, coriander, green chilies and lemon juice.
Stir gently with a fork. Cover and microwave for 8-10 mins.
Wait for 5 mins Fluff with a fork and serve.
Notes
What goes with Biryani?
The biryani is a meal in itself. Served usually with raita, or gravy by the side, like a salad that tastes great with the meal. Pickled onions and cut cucumbers as well are served along with the biryani meal. Most often, in many households, biryani is a special weekend meal made on Sunday afternoons for lunch.
Thank you to my dear friend, Talat Islam from Racingtigers for pitching in and sharing a guest post here on EsmeSalon.
This aromatic Vegan Biryani is easy on the gut, is child friendly, and presents a wonderful play of colors and flavors. You'll be surprised how little oil is actually used to prepare an otherwise grand biryani that might require triple the quantity of the oil.
Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 371Total Fat 20gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 17gCholesterol 0mgSodium 949mgCarbohydrates 46gNet Carbohydrates 0gFiber 10gSugar 8gSugar Alcohols 0gProtein 8g
All recipes on this blog, EsmeSalon, are for personal home use, and as I am not a nutritionist, please use these calculations as a guide only. Please feel free to check the nutritional values for accuracy.
Thanks Esme…I enjoyed writing this thoroughfare on the blog. Dear readers, do give this easy recipe a try and share your experience in the comments here.
Talat my friend, thanks so much. This is something that once I am up and about again I will have to try myself. Take care dear Talat
Looks good. Like nutritional info
Hi Amelia. Thanks for your input on the nutritional info, much appreciated