Cabbage Biryani - One Pot Biryani
A one-pot biryani, different from the mixed vegetable biryani yet with the biryani flavors intact. It is easy to make and can be made with mix of cabbage and brussels sprouts.
Servings: 5
Equipment
- Instant pot of Pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 1 small onion sliced
- 2-3 cup cabbage julienned
- 2 Tbs mint
- 3 Tbs coriander
- 2 cup Yogurt
- 3 cup Basmati rice or any long grain rice
- 1/4 cup Oil
Masalas
- Chilli powder to taste
- 2 tsp coriander-cumin powder
- 2 Tbs Biryani Masala
- 1 Tsp Turmeric powder
- whole spices 1- cardamom, 3-4 cloves, 1 javitri flower, 1 bay leaf and 1 inch cinnamon
- 2 tsp jeera
Instructions
Cooking Rice
- Wash and Soak Rice in water for 30 minutes minimum and 1 hour max
- In a pot, bring some water to boil with some whole spices like Cardamom, Bay leaf, clovs, and chopped Mint.
- Once water starts boiling add some salt and let it boil for another 2 min.
- Now add in the soaked rice to the boiling water. Wait for the rice to start floating on the top and stat to dance.drain and add the rice to the cabbage mix when ready.
Instant Pot -Steps
- In your Instant pot add oil or ghee and heat it. Now add the jeera and the whole spices and let it release aroma
- Once the aroma is released add in the sliced onion, cabbage and give it a quick stir. Add in the mint and stir again for couple of minutes.
- Now add in the turmeric, Chilli powder, coriander- cumin powder and half of the biryani masala or garam masala. Mix well and the add.
- Add in the yogurt and let it simmer for 5 minutes. Once it looks cooked add in salt. do not let the mix to get dry.
- Add Cooked rice to the cabbage mix. Layer up the rice and cabbage gravy.
- Top it with chopped mint, coriander powder and garam masala.
- Add barista ( fried onions) if you have it. I did not use in this recipe
- Cook the biryani in Instant pot for about 5 minutes in steam mode with vent closed. then let it sit in warm mode for 10-15 mins
Notes
- You can follow the same process in pressure cooker and dum it in pot-in pot method or
- Add the soaked rice to gravy mix to cook it all together to make it a one pot meal.