Bread Kofta Biryani is a perfect vegetarian biryani with the deliciousness of koftas!
I love biryanis and this bread kofta biryani made me realise that vegetarian biryanis are yummy too!
I often claim that veg biryani is a term meant to make vegetarians happy and there is no such thing like that. Its just a modified form of pulao, but then once in a while, a recipe like this comes and proves me wrong 😉
When I first saw this sometime ago in Tarala Dala’s book, it excited me because I love both koftas and biryanis and a combination of that excellent, isnt it 😉 As usual I tweaked the recipe a little to suit what was easy for me.
The bread kofta is a very unusual dish if you ask me. But super easy to make and that is why I loved this recipe. Whether you want to fry them or bake them or just make them in the paniyaram pot is your wish. It tastes equally good whichever way to make them.
And then the biryani. So delicious! I guess I am a bit fan of biryani. I love the traditional meat ones. And the best part I love is the way biryani differs from state to state. While Andhra Pradesh is known for its spicy variety, the Tamil Nadu one is equally yummy. Then of course, you have the Bengali version with potatoes in it and the North Indian version with meat. Sigh, sometimes I feel, I can have biryani every day 🙂
Biryani is traditionally slow cooked. When I watch those documentaries on TV, I am at awe on how people cook their biryanis in traditional pots over the firewood with the dough seals. And I am sure those taste super amazing. I, of course, do prefer an easier way of cooking it. Like this super easy chicken biryani recipe I use often.
Coming back to the bread kofta biryani, here is the simple recipe.
Bread Kofta Biryani and more
Ingredients
For the bread koftas
- 4 bread slices (I took the 5 grain )
- 2 tbsps onions finely chopped
- 2 green chillies finely chopped
- 2 tsps curds
- 1/2 carrot grated
- 1 tbsp soya flour
- to taste salt
- oil
For the rice
- 1 cup rice long grained
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 cardamom
- 2 cloves
- to taste salt
For the gravy
- 2 cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1/4 cup onions sliced
- 1 tsp chilli poweder
- 2 tsps coriander cumin powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 cup tomatoes sliced
- 1/2 cup curds
- 1/4 cup green peas
- 1/4 cup carrot grated
- 1/4 cup cabbage grated
- to taste salt
To be mixed together for curd mixture
- 4 tbsps curds
- 2 tbsps Mint chopped
- 2 tbsps Corrainder chopped
- 2 tbsps water
Instructions
- For the bread koftas"
- Combine all the ingredients except oil with some water and mix well.
- Shape the mixture into 15-20 even sized rounds.
- Now you can deep fry the koftas or bake them at 180C for about 15 mins or till brown or fry them with a drop of oil in my fav paniyaram pan :D.
- For the rice.
- Clean, wash and soak rice for approx 15 mins.
- Boil 2 cups of water, add the bay leaf, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and salt and then add the rice.
- Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover the pan and cook till the rice is done.
- Seperate each grain of rice with a fork. Keep aside.
- For the gravy:
- Heat oil in a pan and add the cloves and cinnamon.
- Add the onions and saute till golden brown.
- Add all the dry masalas and saute for 1 min.
- Add the tomatoes and cook for 5-7 minutes till oil seperates.
- Add the curds, mix well and simmer for further 5 minutes.
- Add all the veggies and mix well. Keep aside.
- For the final assembly:
- Spoon out the gravy at the bottom of a baking dish.
- Top with bread koftas and cover with cooked rice.
- Top with curds mixture.
- Cover with a lid or aluminium foil and bake in a pre heated over at 200C for 15-20 mins. Serve hot.
Notes
Ohh, lovely lovely!!!! Must try it out sometime!!
What a fabulous recipe! Like you, I too firmly believe that there is no such thing as a veg biriyani, but this looks absolutely yum!!
And woo hoo about the ramp modelling! About time we plus-size women were taken notice of!
That looks abs Yummy. I am a regular kind of a cook. Love to eat.. but blank when it comes to thinking or suggesting recipies. Will def try this for sure 🙂
N hi-5 for the ramp walk. U look abs FAB n what a confidence booster.
wow….. ramp walk… that sounds really cool…. hi5 on that 🙂
and recipes …. my taste buds have been rekindled… should try this… 😛
Wow, Monika! I can’t stop drooling over these! I will definitely be trying the bread kofta biryani – it sounds yum!
And the cake, I love the picture collage cake! It is such a wonderfil idea!
As for ramp walking – I think you looked awesome! What confidence, and what style!
Where is Swaram? Why is she not first? 😛
Wow, after such a post, you ask us How has life been with u? Is that a teasing question coz. our life hasn’t been half as interesting 😀
Go Monika, you really looked just like your Biryani 😉 !!! Go figure 😛
Wow!!!
Why… Why Christ Why am I overweight?! And feel absolutely sinful to even look at these pics! I’m literally drooling!
Ohhh someone is taking my name …. oh am I glad or what 😛 😛
Finally, I get to know the story behind that dress … I ws abt to call u and ask u abt it he he he 😉
U look gorgeous Mon .. I luved luved luved the colour esp. 😀
And most of the hotels in Blr serve Biryani almost similar to Pulao 😛 😛 But even the simple veg. biryani tastes so del here … the layers, the saffron … wow!!!!
Cakes … yummmmmmmm!!!!!!!! Drooling over them 😀
Happy birthday to N and V 🙂 🙂 🙂
Biryani and the cakes look awesome! Can you post the recipe for the cake also, if its not too much trouble?
You look AWESOME on the ramp and the dress totally suits you! Great going! I was on the blog and everyone kept talking about some dress, suddenly remembered where I can see the snap 🙂 so went, checked out and you totally rock!!!! 🙂
The recipe is yum! is there an alternative for the baking-in-the-oven part? I so wanna try this recipe out!!
The ramp walk sounded great Monu! 🙂
And you looked stunning in that pic! 🙂
Happy Belated Birthday wishes to N! The Cake is beautiful! its also very innovative 🙂
I will definitely try this out this weekend. Looks yummy. The cakes look delicious. I am thinking of learning how to bake. Could you help me? Where should I start and what should I make first?
Plus size wear, do let me know where to get good ones! I am tired of searching… 🙂
Its so mouth-watering, Monika! I will definitely try the bread kofta biriyani. Looks really delicious!
Sigh life has been good… but after reading your post !!!! lol I have a complex !!!! 😛 😛 😛
nevertheless I wanted to have this recipe… badly… I will now transfer it to Hetal !!!!! 😛 😛 😛
wow!! this is something I am going to try soooon. always lookin out for new ideas and your blog is my favorite 🙂
thanks for sharing this delight Monika
ooooooo…. those cakes look yummylicious… am going to head over to your place soon and make you teach me how to make them… pls pretty pls
preeti
bumped in here for the first time…nice blog…kofta biryani sounds interesting and delicious..love to try this one soon…thanks for sharing this!
Soy is a thyroid suppressant . Oprah Winfrey promoted Soy and she is now hypo-thyroid. It lowers your metabolic rate and you end up walking the ramp for plus size women 🙂 Coconut has just the opposite effect – it is proven to increase your metabolism.
In societies where Soy is traditionally consumed, they use some fermentation technique – <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempeh” rel=”nofollow”>Tempeh</a> and <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miso” rel=”nofollow”>Miso</a> are examples.
Trying this today, Mon. I am drooling , just looking at the ingredients 🙂
I need to complete this comment — fermentation (a process similar to keeping dosa batter overnight) removes the thyroid damaging qualities of Soy.
Slurp !
Ooohhh modeling!! u used to model 15 yrs ago?
the cake is awesome…how were those photos put? are those real photos stuck on the cake?
hey have u seen Julie and Julia? Must see for a cook like u!