Spiced vegetable biryani

Spiced vegetable biryani

This simple vegetarian curry, full of fresh Indian flavours, is quick to make and cooks in a single pot

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Takes 50 minutes - 1 hour

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 220C/gas 7/fan 200C. Pour the oil into a large roasting tin or ovenproof dish and put in the oven for a couple of minutes to heat through. Add all the vegetables to the tin, except the beans, stirring to coat them in the hot oil. Season with salt and pepper and return to the oven for 15 minutes until beginning to brown.
  2. While the vegetables are roasting, stir together the stock, curry paste, chilli, saffron and mustard seeds.
  3. Mix the rice and green beans with the vegetables in the tin, then pour over the stock mixture. Lower the oven to 190C/gas 5/fan 190C. Cover the dish tightly with foil and bake for 30 minutes until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed. Stir in the lemon juice and check the seasoning, then scatter over the coriander and cashew nuts. Serve with a pile of poppadums and a bowl of raita.
Try

Making your own raita

You can buy tubs of ready-made raita, the cooling yogurt-based condiment served with Indian food, from supermarkets. Or, to make your own, simply mix half a finely chopped cucumber and half a small finely chopped red onion with 200g/8oz natural yogurt, then stir in 1 tbsp chopped mint, a little salt and a squeeze of lemon juice to taste.

494 kcalories, protein 14.0g, carbohydrate 89.0g, fat 12.0 g, saturated fat 1.0g, fibre 5.0g, salt 0.99 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2003.

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    02 November 2007

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    Delicious & easy! Excellent recipe that lives up to the taste team comments. Easy to add some shredded roast chicken or lamb for a more substantial meal.

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  • 08 November 2007

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  • 12 November 2007

    nzjessharris rated and commented on this recipe

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    Love it. need i say more

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  • 29 November 2007

    Meme rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is lovely. A favourite in our house!

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  • 07 December 2007

    Louise rated and commented on this recipe

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    This tasted so authentic and smelt beautiful. It was so nice that my husband didn't mind that it was vegetarian!

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  • 22 December 2007

    Pato rated and commented on this recipe

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    Absolutely so so easy and really really tasty!

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  • 03 January 2008

    Marie commented on this recipe

    Not only is this delicious when fresh but it reheats perfectly from the fridge or the freezer.

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  • 10 January 2008

    josephina commented on this recipe

    Fantastic family recipe, the kids love it too. Definately a favourite in our house.

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  • 17 January 2008

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  • 21 January 2008

    castlerock rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Excellent, really tasty and so easy to make

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  • 02 February 2008

    Laila commented on this recipe

    This was a real hit. No one minds being vegetarian for this dish!

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  • 16 February 2008

    Sarah Mc commented on this recipe

    lovely and can vary to own taste. Easy to make smells great and feeds a small army.

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  • 19 February 2008

    reebs commented on this recipe

    Fantastic, delicious. Even with the recipe halved i had loads left over and so gave it to the inlaws next day for an informal lunch...everyone raved about it. Simple, lovely and will be making again. Kind of like the fact that it would be easy to alter according to what veggies you have available. I added Quorn too, to make a slightly more substantial main dish.

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  • 20 February 2008

    Pollymg commented on this recipe

    Really enjoyed this dish. Sooooo easy to make and really tasty. It took longer to fully cook through in the oven and it made loads. Kids ate it too! Will make again, YUM!

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  • 09 March 2008

    Leanne rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for the first time for a dinner party & it turned out beautifully. I added king prawns when I was roasting the veg & it turned out great. I also made the raita recipe attached & it was delicious too. Will definitely make again & would strongly recommend.

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  • 12 March 2008

    sally rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really tasty vegetarian meal full of flavour and great for vegans too! I will definitely be making this again.

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  • 07 April 2008

    zxcvbnm rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Funny everyone else seems to have loved this. But I just could not get it to cook. No matter how hot I got it the rice just stayed uncooked. I assume its meant to steam under the tinfoil but either the tinfoil kept the heat out or something. We ended up eating supper about an hour late which was a pain. It eventually tasted ok but nothing special just rice with curry flavour. Would not attempt again a right pain.

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  • 10 April 2008

    jgpb1986 commented on this recipe

    Made this for my flatmates the other day, im not bad in the kitchen but this was more work than I though it was going to be, it took a bit longer cooking time and had to add the last bit of stock in stages, I think that was due to the bowl I was using though. But when it was done it was amazing, it went down well with the whole house and litrally fed all 5 of us, I served it with popadoms and dip and naan bread.

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  • 27 June 2008

    Julie H rated and commented on this recipe

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    A real hit in my family! We all loved it! I was a bit worried after reading one of the comments above that the rice wouldnt cook, but all went to plan. Lovely!

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  • 01 July 2008

    alicjohnston commented on this recipe

    A real winner!! An easy healthy filling family supper, a favourite with my three boys! 5*

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Takes 50 minutes - 1 hour

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 small cauliflower , broken into small florets
  • 2 large sweet potatoes , peeled and cubed
  • 1 large onion , sliced
  • 1l hot vegetable stock
  • 3 tbsp hot curry paste (Madras is good)
  • 1 red chilli , seeded and finely chopped
  • large pinch of saffron strands
  • 2 tsp mustard seeds (black or white)
  • 500g basmati rice
  • 140g trimmed green beans , halved
  • 2 lemons , juice only
  • a handful of fresh coriander leaves
  • 50g packet salted roasted cashew nuts
  • poppadoms and raita, to serve
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494 kcalories, protein 14.0g, carbohydrate 89.0g, fat 12.0 g, saturated fat 1.0g, fibre 5.0g, salt 0.99 g

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