Easy One-Pot Vegetable Biryani | Zainab Shah | NYT Cooking


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Zainab Shah is in the studio kitchen making her One-Pot Vegetable Biryani. It’s a recipe that streamlines the process of layering …

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  1. Drishya
    Drishya says:

    This is not biryani. This is pulao or masala khichdi at best. The ingredients are different. The spice mix is different. The flavour palette and preparation is vastly different between pulao, khichdi, and biryani. Stop this diaspora nonsense, please. Do your due diligence before you go calling every rice-based dish “biryani” because it’s one of the most popular desi dishes out there. Sometimes I think they post these videos to trigger a response from desis and drive up the engagement.

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  2. Abraham Murad
    Abraham Murad says:

    This is by no stretch of the imagination a biryani. Biryani is very diverse with many variations across south asia but this recipe is not biryani. You don't use biryani type spices in a curry base, mix uncooked rice and cook it in stock like a pulao and call it biryani!

    Zainab could have just called this Zainab's one-pot vegetable pulao.

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  3. Balu Vellanki
    Balu Vellanki says:

    I have seven complaints about this recipe, but I had to remind myself, "Every family makes Biryani in a different way. Stop judging" … hahaha. I am sure this recipe will make absolutely delicious Biryani; the final product looks yummy. We call this recipe Pulao.

    Why soak the basmati rice for 10-20 mins (don't soak for more than 30 mins): Pre-soaking helps cook each grain separately, and the grains won't stick together into a clump.

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  4. Saly Luz
    Saly Luz says:

    This looks so yummy, and the demonstration makes me hopeful that it’s a recipe I could actually accomplish! We only use whole grains so I know I will be using brown basmati rice and cooking a little longer at the end. But what would really help me is if you put the amount of each ingredient in the notes under your video title. Otherwise I am left wondering how much of each to add. Thanks for posting!

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