Chettinad Style Vegetable Biriyani – Very Spicy

Chettinad Style Vegetable Biriyani – Very Spicy





Spicy Chettinadu Vegetable Biriyani:

Spice-holics, listen up…this dish is certainly for you. I make vegetable biriyani very very rarely, just because they don’t taste exactly like meat biriyanis. Something is always missing in there!!! The broth?! So I was practically attempting with quite different ways the each time. Finally came up with this idea of preparing my own vegetable broth using fresh vegetables. Bought the basic vegetables from the local market and meticulously prepared a spicy broth! Now re-created the same old biriyani with exciting chettinad touch of spices and simmered the whole thing to perfect meal.

Ingredients:

Vegetable Broth:

Carrots
Beans
Peas
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Celery
Ginger 2″
Garli 2 cloves
Spanish onion 1
Salt
Peppercorns
Coriander seeds
Cumin seeds
Bay leaves
Cilantro leaves
Butter 1 cube.

Now cook all the above using 4-6 cups of water, on low-medium heat for about 40 minutes. Once the vegetables are done and the broth should be reduced half of its original portion. Remove from heat, filter the same and store in an air-tight jar.

For Biriyani:

Spices:

Cinnamon 1 stick
Cloves 5
Black cardamom 3
Green cardamom 3
Nutmeg 1 crushed
Birinji flower 1
Marati mokku 1
Green chilies 6 sliced
Onion 1 sliced
Toamtoes 2 chopped
Mint 1 fistful
Salt
Turmeric 1/2 spoon
Chili powder 1-2 spoons
Vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beans, peas, double beans)
Basmati rice 4 cups
Ghee 1 cup
Fried curry leaves to garnish.

Spices to be toasted and powdered:

Fennel seeds 2 spoons
Coriander seeds 2 spoons
Peppercorns 2 spoons
Cumin seeds 2 spoons
Dry red chilies 4-6
Poppy seeds 2 spoons
Dry coconut 6 spoons.

To be fried in oil and then wet-ground:

Onion 1 small
Ginger 2″ grated
Garlic 6 cloves
Tomato 1
Green chili 1
Curry leaves few
Cilantro leaves few.

Method:

Marinate vegetables with enough salt, powdered spices, wet-ground spices and lemon juice.

In a wide vessel, heat ghee…throw in dry spices, followed by chilies and onions. Wait till they get golden color.

Then stir-in mint and tomatoes…cover and cook. Once they turn pulpy, add the masala covered vegetables. Do not cover, cook over medium heat.

Once the spices raw smell is gone and oil shows up on the top. Add turmeric and chili powders. Stir-in rice, cover and cook over least possible heat.

When the rice is done, remove from heat.

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41 Responses so far.

  1. Pavithra says:

    Oh wow that looks so tempting .. The spice mixture looks so interesting and I have bookmarked this to try it on sunday.. Thanks dearie for sharing this recipe.

  2. Yumm Yumm biriyani looks so spicy and delicious.

  3. shahana says:

    I was juz searching for a different biryani recipe .Thanks alot for sharing!

  4. Asha says:

    Definitely spicy and tasty, takes time too but every minute.

  5. Delicious vegetable biryani malar !
    i tried your chettinad chicken biryani and it was awesome :) .

  6. Subhashini says:

    It looks really very spicy and yummy.

  7. Daisy Blue says:

    I have been meaning to try a good veg briyani….this looks great..Let me try and tell you..

  8. Vrinda says:

    WOW that looks spicy indeed..should try,nice recipe

  9. Sarah Naveen says:

    Wow!!! terrific Deary!!!! wanna grab that bowl now..looks super delicious and spicy..the way i want it really to be..

  10. that look spicy.. yummmy.. thanks for the recipe definitely a must try

  11. Ambika says:

    Malar! I love you :) Awesome recipe dear, absolutely mouthwatering…seekrama try pannitu sollaren!

  12. Wow Malar the biriyani looks very delicious and tempting!!!

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  13. Priya says:

    Woww i want a bowl rite now…yummm and tempting briyani..

  14. simply.food says:

    Biryani looks delicious and so lovely.

  15. Siddhi S says:

    wow malar what a superb biryani…looks very very tempting…ur a gr8 cook…i am big fan of spicy stuff and i always gt good recipes here…this i hv bookmarked to try soon

  16. Gita says:

    Hey Malar you are indeed queen of briyani :) Chettinadu style briyani sounds absolutely delicious…like the ground spices here…must have been so aromatic!

  17. meeso says:

    Wow, that looks and sounds amazing! So much work, but I know it was so worth it :)

  18. Padhu says:

    Hi Malar
    Biriyani looks so inviting! Yummy

  19. Swathi says:

    Malar ,

    Chettinad biriyani looks really awsome. i will try to make this one.

  20. BeenaShylesh says:

    ummm rich and very spicy briyani..

  21. Padma says:

    WOW perfect biryani… love spicy dishes :)

  22. Rahin says:

    it does look spicy , but v delicious and mouth watering :P

  23. Spice says:

    Nice to see some meatless recipe at your blog…..I was thinking in my mind after reading the post title, what happened to Malar Is she O.k???? no meat OMG..LOL…

  24. Neetz says:

    i love dishes that are spicy :) ..and ur loooks simply awesome dear :)

  25. Kanchan says:

    Nice step wise description, Bookmarked this is a TO DO for me now !

  26. long list of ingredients, but def worth doing many times…love spicy biryani,it looks really very nice and delicious malar.lovely clicks too

  27. Rekha shoban says:

    wow!!really looks spicy and yum yum dear…i love chettinad varieties1

  28. Meena says:

    The extreme spice-maniac in me just looooves this dish!!! The biryani looks spicy even in the pics. Awesome!!!

  29. Tina says:

    Wow very spicy and yummy biriyani…

  30. vineetha says:

    super biriyani…looks yummy

  31. Hot n Spicy Biryani!!!! My hubby would love this…

  32. Rohini says:

    Something I always look for up! Spicy Biryani.. Thanks Malar, it looks just as tempting as I wanted it to be!! :)

  33. I love anything spicy and anything with rice..so great combo for me..nice presentation..can feel the aroma of it.

  34. SE says:

    i love the spicy versions !!

  35. Aromatic and spicy biryani, book marked D:)

  36. Vaishali says:

    Being a huge fan of Chettinad cooking and of biryanis, I was so thrilled to see this recipe, but there are a couple of ingredients here I’ve never seen before– birinji flower and marati mokku. What are they, and can I substitute with another ingredient? I’d love to make this.

  37. i should show the tempting picture to mu hubby..he will ask me do it now..

  38. Malar Gandhi says:

    Hi Vaishali,

    Both biriji flower and marati mokku have an unique flavour…maatti mokku – has kind of licorice’ so one cud’ substitute it with fennel seeds. I don’t have know any alternate for birinji flower!!!

  39. Hema says:

    Loving it!!
    Very much Tempting to eat.

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