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The recipe looks good but many people commented about the yoghurt and are probably disappointed because the title led them to believe it was vegan. Vegans don't consume any dairy (cheese, milk, ghee, yoghurt, eggs etc).
I've been looking for a good vegan biryani recipe, and this one is awesome! 😍There are lots of beautiful & interesting vegan recipes in your channel. Thank you for sharing!
I am preparing vegetable biryani for a potluck this weekend where one of our friend is lactose intolerant. Of course she said to all of us not to worry about accommodating her food restrictions and she will bring something for herself. But, being an Indian it feels like a crime to get something your friend can’t eat. So, I was looking for biryani recipes but most of them heavily use dahi and milk+saffron for enhanced taste. This is the only vegan receipe I found which looks good. I am going to make it, thank you for sharing 😊
This would be an amazing gesture for your friend; I am sure she will love it. I understand the feeling; I do the exact same thing for my friends too :) Glad you liked the recipe :) Let me know how it turns out
I've prepared this recipe today! I had to change some ingredients solely because I did it with what was available (like using jackfruit meat instead of tofu) and I've used garam masala instead of cardamom, because it was easier for me to find it. But I'm very positively surprised! It has this complex mix of flavors, plus the texture of the basmati rice with the vegetables, star anise mixed with curry... Amazing! Thank you for this recipe!
This makes me so happy :) Thank you so much for trying, I know the recipe can be a little intimidating as there are multiple steps and so many Indian spices, loved that you tried it and liked it :) This is one of my personal fav because the flavors are incredible. Hope you try other recipes as well :) I am grateful for sharing your feedback
@@Foodotomic in Brazil, many of the used spices are surprisingly easy to find. But some of them, like the garam masala and basmati rice, I bought online. Again, thank you for this amazing recipe!
@@GlauberLCR Soy de India, vivo en Uruguay :) Tenía mis planes de viajar a Brasil el año pasado, pero debido a Pandemia no pude. Espero que todo esto termine pronto :)
I watched your two recipes today (stuffed mushrooms and vegan biriyani). Both are amazing and also your presentation. I had subscribed your channel and shared your recipes.
Tried it. I was overwhelmed with the number of steps as I usually make very basic rice. I didn’t have that yellow saffron threads to make saffron water with so I left it out. I must say thank you for the recipe as I have always wanted to try making this delicious Indian rice. It came out so-so, could have been better, but hey it’s my first time. Will definitely try your recipe again someday. I am now very exhausted.
Ok, so my family just ate it and said it tasted just like the local Indian restaurant we go to. They said it’s the best rice I’ve ever made ( comment courtesy my 13 yr old son. He hurriedly scuffed down the rice and went for seconds. Thank you again for this amazing recipe.
I am glad you liked it, and I know this one is a tedious process and takes time. I have an instant chickpeas biryani recipe, which is really simple. You must try that, as it's half the number of steps and tastes good too. Thanks again for trying :)
My partner and I ate so much of the rice we immediately napped afterwards :) haha It was so delicious. I did not have potato or pea so it heavily included many mushrooms :) Thank you again! I do have a question! Instead of saffron, do you recommend curcuma/turmeric? I read online that is a descent replacement but I am wondering if you have a better substitute
@@ETT329 Thank you soooo much for your feedback :) so good to know that you and your partner loved it. You can replace the saffron with rose water or rose petals, saffron is added to give it an aromatic flavor and same can be achieved using rose petals :)
This looks really good. I've never seen someone put whole spices into the water that the rice is being soaked in, but I guess it makes sense that it would impart flavor to the rice through the water. I'll consider trying that with chickpeas and lentils too. I've also never seen someone layer vegetables, rice, fried onions, chopped herbs in sequence like you did here - I wonder if that layering approach, rather than mixing it all together, adds more flavor? Either way I wonder how the layered flavor compares to the non-layered flavor. Very interesting. I will be trying out this biryani at some point in the future. You seem very passionate about cooking vegan food. Thanks a lot for sharing.
Yes the spices will impart the flavors in the rice, and biryani in itself is a play of flavors- so layering them will help it to keep it a little uneven. I know that sounds weird but it plays a key role in the big picture. I will look forward to your feedback
@@Foodotomic Thanks for the explanation. Just curious if you've ever tried a "test", where you cook one small batch of rice putting spices in the soaking water (the control sample), and another small batch soaked with the spices? This will allow you to see whether there is any difference in flavor between the two, and if so, how much of a difference. Personally I think performing little experiments like this can help us to better understand the mechanics of cooking, and I'd recommend trying it if you haven't done so already. I'll probably try this experiment in the near-future - if the spice-soaked rice has a lot more flavor, that will be a game changer for making rice in my opinion. I'm surprised I've never seen this method mentioned elsewhere. The layering method is something I've now seen in one other recipe, a Persian recipe called . I look forward to making both your biryani and that Persian rice dish. Looking forward to watching more of your content.
@@Keralite29 Oh, I absolutely love experimenting with food, and I make Biryani recipes both ways depending on the audience. Some of my friends don't like the strong flavor of spices, so I recommend this technique, but for those who do, I add them to the rice while cooking and then separate them once done. But you are absolutely on point unless you experiment, you won't know which one you personally like :) I love to challenge the traditional ways of cooking and always try something new or in-between which is easy and delicious :)
What is wrong with you people? Do you need to have every little thing spelled out for you? If you are cooking VEGAN, you use VEGAN ingredients! Do people have to put the word VEGAN in front of every ingredient in a VEGAN recipe? And PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS! How many people asked/made the SAME COMMENT about the yogurt and curd not being Vegan and didn't read the reply??
I don't like tofu much. It's just the texture. In stead of the tofu I marinate the same amount of butternut 1 inch cubes. Tastes amazing. Thanks for sharing a great recipe. I try to restrict myself to 1 Biryani meal per month...
That's a great replacement Beetie :) Glad you liked the recipe and true we can't eat Biryani all the time, I mean I wish :P Thanks for sharing your feedback, really appreciate it
Wrong title. At 1.30 mins she added 200 ml yogurt or curd. How come this is a VEGAN recipe? As I am a lactose intolerant this video disappointed me 😏 Anyway nice Veg biryani recipe 👍
@@Foodotomic i never heard of vegan curd before. Very much interested to know about it. You can save my life. Where can I get it ? What is it MADE WITH ? 100% lactose free???
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Wooooahhh, looks amazing
@@finallyvegan8761 Thank you :) Glad you liked it
The recipe looks good but many people commented about the yoghurt and are probably disappointed because the title led them to believe it was vegan. Vegans don't consume any dairy (cheese, milk, ghee, yoghurt, eggs etc).
@@hinduhindustani2072 it's Vegan Yogurt, I had clarified that in the description of the video, which sadly not everyone reads.
@@Foodotomic Sorry I apologize. My mistake 🙏
Hhmmm delicious. Good to know how to prepare a well-known Indian delicacy. Thanks for sharing new friend 👍🏾💐👏🏾
Glad you liked it Ralph :) Hope you try it as well
I've been looking for a good vegan biryani recipe, and this one is awesome! 😍There are lots of beautiful & interesting vegan recipes in your channel. Thank you for sharing!
Glad you liked the recipe :) I will definitely look forward to your feedback when you try it :)
I am preparing vegetable biryani for a potluck this weekend where one of our friend is lactose intolerant. Of course she said to all of us not to worry about accommodating her food restrictions and she will bring something for herself. But, being an Indian it feels like a crime to get something your friend can’t eat. So, I was looking for biryani recipes but most of them heavily use dahi and milk+saffron for enhanced taste. This is the only vegan receipe I found which looks good. I am going to make it, thank you for sharing 😊
This would be an amazing gesture for your friend; I am sure she will love it. I understand the feeling; I do the exact same thing for my friends too :) Glad you liked the recipe :) Let me know how it turns out
Thanks for the video. I'll re-watch this another time as its soooo good. Well done!
Glad you liked it. This one is a must try :)
I've prepared this recipe today!
I had to change some ingredients solely because I did it with what was available (like using jackfruit meat instead of tofu) and I've used garam masala instead of cardamom, because it was easier for me to find it.
But I'm very positively surprised! It has this complex mix of flavors, plus the texture of the basmati rice with the vegetables, star anise mixed with curry... Amazing!
Thank you for this recipe!
This makes me so happy :) Thank you so much for trying, I know the recipe can be a little intimidating as there are multiple steps and so many Indian spices, loved that you tried it and liked it :) This is one of my personal fav because the flavors are incredible. Hope you try other recipes as well :) I am grateful for sharing your feedback
@@Foodotomic in Brazil, many of the used spices are surprisingly easy to find. But some of them, like the garam masala and basmati rice, I bought online.
Again, thank you for this amazing recipe!
@@GlauberLCR hi from Uruguay, we get the basmati rice from Brazil :)
@@Foodotomic no creo! Eres de Uruguay? Increíble!
Quiero mucho conocer Uruguay, pero con la pandemia aun no es posible...
@@GlauberLCR Soy de India, vivo en Uruguay :) Tenía mis planes de viajar a Brasil el año pasado, pero debido a Pandemia no pude. Espero que todo esto termine pronto :)
How is it Vegan if you use Plain Yogurt or Curd?
That's what I'm wondering. I guess there are plenty of vegan yogurt options.
It's Vegan Yogurt Poornima
That's correct, there are multiple Vegan Yogurt and Curd options available and even can be prepared at home
Looks delicious! I’m gonna make it today. Thanks for sharing.😊
Glad you liked it, I will definitely look forward to your feedback :)
I watched your two recipes today (stuffed mushrooms and vegan biriyani). Both are amazing and also your presentation. I had subscribed your channel and shared your recipes.
Glad you liked the recipes, I will look forward to you trying them :)
Ofcourse I will try and let you know the feedback
that looks scrumptious! I am so making this dish tomorrow!!!
thank you so much, glad you liked it :)
Thank you for the lovely video on vegan biriyani! I enjoyed watching it!
Glad you liked it Kuya Sam, do you make Vegan Biryani usually?
@@Foodotomic Unfortunately no! I would like to start in earnest now!
@@MrSridharMurthy Aww that's alright :) we all start somewhere :) :) all the best and let me know if you have any questions
@@Foodotomic Sure will do! You are very kind!💛
@@MrSridharMurthy :) :)
I worked before in the Indian restaurant.biryani very nice.love it.
Glad you liked it :) :) what was your fav in the Indian restaurant ?
@@Foodotomic buttered chicken ,chicken chennai
I am so anxious to try this it looks amazing.
Thank you so much Margaret, I will definitely look forward to your feedback. Do let me know if you have any questions
Tried it. I was overwhelmed with the number of steps as I usually make very basic rice. I didn’t have that yellow saffron threads to make saffron water with so I left it out. I must say thank you for the recipe as I have always wanted to try making this delicious Indian rice. It came out so-so, could have been better, but hey it’s my first time. Will definitely try your recipe again someday. I am now very exhausted.
Ok, so my family just ate it and said it tasted just like the local Indian restaurant we go to. They said it’s the best rice I’ve ever made ( comment courtesy my 13 yr old son. He hurriedly scuffed down the rice and went for seconds. Thank you again for this amazing recipe.
I am glad you liked it, and I know this one is a tedious process and takes time. I have an instant chickpeas biryani recipe, which is really simple. You must try that, as it's half the number of steps and tastes good too. Thanks again for trying :)
Love this recipe too! Making it today :)
Glad you liked it :) I will definitely look forward to your feedback, let me know if you have any questions
My partner and I ate so much of the rice we immediately napped afterwards :) haha
It was so delicious. I did not have potato or pea so it heavily included many mushrooms :)
Thank you again! I do have a question! Instead of saffron, do you recommend curcuma/turmeric? I read online that is a descent replacement but I am wondering if you have a better substitute
@@ETT329 Thank you soooo much for your feedback :) so good to know that you and your partner loved it. You can replace the saffron with rose water or rose petals, saffron is added to give it an aromatic flavor and same can be achieved using rose petals :)
@@Foodotomic thank you :) i will try that
@@ETT329 That's awesome :) I am sure you would like it
Nicely explained, and looks delicious, thank you!
Glad you liked it :)
Nice, thank you, great dish, and very nicely explained 👌 😊
Glad you liked it :)
That looks extremely delicious 😋 l m trying it tonight thank you so much and l don't have saffron l will find a substitute 🙏🏾💯❤
Thank you so much :) I will definitely look forward to your feedback, if you find saffron great, otherwise don't worry about it
@@Foodotomic the breyani was amazingly delicious thank you so much everyone love it wanted more❤❤❤🙌
@@Herlight_projects Glad you liked it :) thanks for sharing your feedback
This looks really good. I've never seen someone put whole spices into the water that the rice is being soaked in, but I guess it makes sense that it would impart flavor to the rice through the water. I'll consider trying that with chickpeas and lentils too. I've also never seen someone layer vegetables, rice, fried onions, chopped herbs in sequence like you did here - I wonder if that layering approach, rather than mixing it all together, adds more flavor? Either way I wonder how the layered flavor compares to the non-layered flavor. Very interesting. I will be trying out this biryani at some point in the future. You seem very passionate about cooking vegan food. Thanks a lot for sharing.
Yes the spices will impart the flavors in the rice, and biryani in itself is a play of flavors- so layering them will help it to keep it a little uneven. I know that sounds weird but it plays a key role in the big picture. I will look forward to your feedback
@@Foodotomic Thanks for the explanation. Just curious if you've ever tried a "test", where you cook one small batch of rice putting spices in the soaking water (the control sample), and another small batch soaked with the spices? This will allow you to see whether there is any difference in flavor between the two, and if so, how much of a difference.
Personally I think performing little experiments like this can help us to better understand the mechanics of cooking, and I'd recommend trying it if you haven't done so already. I'll probably try this experiment in the near-future - if the spice-soaked rice has a lot more flavor, that will be a game changer for making rice in my opinion. I'm surprised I've never seen this method mentioned elsewhere.
The layering method is something I've now seen in one other recipe, a Persian recipe called . I look forward to making both your biryani and that Persian rice dish.
Looking forward to watching more of your content.
@@Keralite29 Oh, I absolutely love experimenting with food, and I make Biryani recipes both ways depending on the audience. Some of my friends don't like the strong flavor of spices, so I recommend this technique, but for those who do, I add them to the rice while cooking and then separate them once done. But you are absolutely on point unless you experiment, you won't know which one you personally like :) I love to challenge the traditional ways of cooking and always try something new or in-between which is easy and delicious :)
Hi this is Xavienne. This looks amazing thank you.
Glad you liked it Xavienne :)
This looks incredible! Thanks for sharing your secrets
My pleasure, glad you liked the recipe :)
Oh can't wait to try this today.
I will definitely look forward to your feedback :)
Hi kanchan nice to see you here.....all the best!
Thank you so much Puji😊 Nice to see you here :)
Good job dear.
could you share with us more vegan rice recipes? maybe something that takes less time to prepare? include tofu please
Sure I will work on a couple of more rice recipes, I have a couple of good ones :)
I was wondering what would be a good substitute for yogurt (curd) since vegans do not use any milk products.
I used the vegan coconut curd for this recipe, but you prepare this without that too :)
What is Safran going to do for the dish? It's flavor or color or what?
It's both, for flavor and for the color
It's an Iranian Afghan spice it's lovely
Masha allha so nice delicious recipe look yumm
Thank you so much ☺️
How did you use plain yogurt or curd in a VEGAN biryani?? 🤔🤔🤔
I used the Vegan yogurt for this specific recipe, but you can use either Vegan yogurt or curd
Did you press the tofu first? Or just use it straight from the pack?
I used the tofu directly for this recipe, but the one I get here is really good, and I rarely have to press it :)
Can anyone comment on how vegan yogurt and butter changes the taste compare to using dairy curd and ghee?
The best one!
Thank you so much ☺️
Thank you ❤❤
My pleasure :)
What is wrong with you people? Do you need to have every little thing spelled out for you? If you are cooking VEGAN, you use VEGAN ingredients! Do people have to put the word VEGAN in front of every ingredient in a VEGAN recipe? And PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS! How many people asked/made the SAME COMMENT about the yogurt and curd not being Vegan and didn't read the reply??
Sadly that's the reality, no one reads through the comments or even the title of the video ha ha
Shut up would you it's not that serious
Actually it's written using VEGAN CURD
Are those tofus available online
Don't think so, they are a local Uruguayan brand
Yoghurt is used then how it is vegan?
It is mentioned very clearly in the title and the description that it's a Vegan Yogurt
Nice !!!
Thank you ☺️
I don't like tofu much. It's just the texture. In stead of the tofu I marinate the same amount of butternut 1 inch cubes. Tastes amazing. Thanks for sharing a great recipe. I try to restrict myself to 1 Biryani meal per month...
That's a great replacement Beetie :) Glad you liked the recipe and true we can't eat Biryani all the time, I mean I wish :P Thanks for sharing your feedback, really appreciate it
Wow ❤
thank youuu :)
Supppppppeer se bh uuupar..👌👌👌
Thank you so much :) :)
Look soo delicious and healthy. Just watch out for turmeric powers with lead chromate (colorant) and hydrogenated oils.
That's a great tip, thanks Jay :)
How come plain yogurt is vegan?
It's Vegan Yogurt, mentioned in the title and the ingredient list :)
Yogurt is vegan?
It's vegan coconut yogurt
Are mushrooms Vegan? Many people say That a mushroom Is a fungus
Yes mushrooms are Vegan
@@Foodotomicno they are not
@@LailaQ... Yes, they are.
Fungi are not animals.
By the way vegan biryani means no curd or paneer or milk products.
Yeah that's why I have used Vegan Yogurt, it's mentioned even in the title :)
Ma'am it's not a Vegan Biryani it's Veg Biryani
Its not vegan
why do you say that Rachel? what makes this not Vegan?
Do u think rice is vegan....?
Yes
Why wouldn't it be?
@@GlauberLCR exactly :)
Do you even know what vegan is or just came here as a troller?
Rice isn't vegan according to the vegan society
better buy
I thought it’s vegan
It's Vegan, Used the Vegan Yogurt to prepare it :)
@@Foodotomic thank you for clarifying it
I wud seriously have 2 keep the mushrooms out, I can't stand them
You can always add or remove the vegetables of your choice Donna :)
So complex omg 😂
That's not vegan biryani
She used vegan yogurt
Curd not vegan.
I used Vegan curd - and clarified it in the title too
But curd is non vegan
Yeah I know that, the title says it's made with vegan yogurt
may not be pure vegan
Why would you say that Protap?
Wrong title. At 1.30 mins she added 200 ml yogurt or curd. How come this is a VEGAN recipe? As I am a lactose intolerant this video disappointed me 😏
Anyway nice Veg biryani recipe 👍
It is Vegan Yogurt Hems, I mentioned the same in the description section too :) now a days we get a lot of options for both Vegan curd and yogurt.
@@Foodotomic i never heard of vegan curd before. Very much interested to know about it. You can save my life. Where can I get it ? What is it MADE WITH ? 100% lactose free???
There are multiple youtube videos where you can prepare at home. You can use plant based milk to prepare it. I ll find the link and post it here soon
@@hemsalap th-cam.com/video/nXETI7-a77E/w-d-xo.html - check out this link - there are other videos too
woah youre easily triggered. is it that hard to assume VEGAN yoghurt. It exists ;)
Using yogurt is not vegan
Used Vegan Yogurt
Not 1)Vegan Recipe 2)Not a authentic Recipe
It's 100% vegan and there are a lot of different styles Biryani is prepare in India and every style is suthentic in itself