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South African Vegetable Biryani

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South African Vegetable Biryani

A delicious South African dish made with rice, potatoes, green peas and hot chili peppers.

 

Yield

12 servings

Prep

30 min

Cook

60 min

Ready

90 min

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
3 medium onions
sliced
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4 tablespoons ghee (clarified butter)
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6 hot chili peppers
crushed into a paste OR 2 ts cayenne
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1 piece ginger
2 inch piece
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10 garlic cloves
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½ cup lentils
dried
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½ pound green peas
shelled
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½ pound carrots
chopped
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½ pound green beans
chopped
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3 tomatoes
chopped
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6 cloves, whole
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1 cinnamon sticks
4 inch piece
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6 cardamom pods
crushed
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1 teaspoon turmeric
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3 mint sprigs
pounded OR 1/2 ts dried mint
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2 cups rice
long grained white
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6 potatoes
chopped
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2 teaspoons salt
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
3 each onions
sliced
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6E+1 ml ghee (clarified butter)
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6 each hot chili peppers
crushed into a paste OR 2 ts cayenne
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1 each ginger
2 inch piece
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1E+1 each garlic cloves
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118 ml lentils
dried
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226.8 g green peas
shelled
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226.8 g carrots
chopped
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226.8 g green beans
chopped
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3 each tomatoes
chopped
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6 each cloves, whole
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1 each cinnamon sticks
4 inch piece
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6 each cardamom pods
crushed
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5 ml turmeric
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3 each mint sprigs
pounded OR 1/2 ts dried mint
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473 ml rice
long grained white
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6 each potatoes
chopped
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1E+1 ml salt
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Directions

In a large, heavy skillet, fry the onions in the ghee until golden.

With a slotted spoon, remove ⅓ of the slices, and set aside.

Add to the pot, the ginger, garlic and chili paste.

Fry for 5 or 6 minutes, stirring constantly.

Add the lentils, peas, carrots and beans.

Reduce heat and cook for 15 minutes. Add more ghee if necessary.

Add tomatoes, spices and mint. Stir for 5 minutes.

Pour in 1 cup of very hot water, cover and simmer until the vegetables are half-cooked.

Add the rice, potatoes, salt and another 4 to 5 cups of hot water.

Cover and cook for 20 minutes or until the rice is done and the water is absorbed.

Garnish with the reserved onion slices.



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Comments


anonymous South Africa

This recipe is inaccurate and incomplete

anonymous

Inaccurate absolutely. Don't use it. Your buryani will be horrible.

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 129g (4.6 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 30313% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 4g 7%
Saturated Fat 3g 13%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 10mg 3%
Sodium 506mg 21%
Total Carbohydrate 20g 20%
Dietary Fiber 8g 31%
Sugars g
Protein 17g
Vitamin A 84% Vitamin C 35%
Calcium 7% Iron 13%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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