Mushroom dum biryani recipe – Learn to make delicious, flavorful and easy dum style kalan biryani with instant biryani masala powder. This recipe is different from the simple mushroom biryani I shared earlier. But then this one too is very easy and can be made under 45 minutes. I have also shared an instant biryani masala powder just enough to make this biryani. You can easily double the recipe including the spice powder.
This mushroom dum biryani can be accompanied with a simple onion raita or a green chili raita. It doesn’t need any gravy based side dish like a salan/ shorba or a kurma. It is flavorful on its own.
How to make mushroom dum biryani recipe
1. Wash rice and soak in water for 30 mins. Drain and cook the rice in a large pot with 6 to 8 cups of boiling water until al dente or 90% cooked. Drain the rice to a colander. You can also cook the rice with bay leaf and half tsp shahi jeera.
2. Add the dry spices mentioned under to powder to a blender jar and powder them finely. Set this side.
3. Heat a pot with oil and fry onions till golden. Set these aside in a plate.
4. To the same pot, add dry spices and fry till they begin to sizzle. Saute ginger garlic paste until the raw smell goes off.
5. Add mushrooms and peas (or potato), pudina and green chilli.
6. Fry for one to two minutes. Add red chili powder and biryani masala that we made at step 1. Mix and fry just for another minutes.
7. Pour yogurt and cook for just two minutes.
8. Add few fried onions,I forgot to add bay leaf with spices, so added it now. Check the spice levels and biryani flavors now. Adjust the salt as well.
9. Layer basmati rice that is cooked al dente. Add rest of the fried onions and few coriander and mint leaves. If you wish you can use a pinch of saffron soaked in one tbsp. hot milk.
10. Cover with a tight lid. You can also use foil to seal the pot. Then place the lid. Place it on a hot tawa and cook for 20 minutes on a medium heat. Off the stove and Pour one tbsp. melted ghee over the rice. Allow it to rest for 10 minutes.
Serve mushroom dum biryani with your favorite raita.
Mushroom dum biryani recipe
Mushroom dum biryani recipe | How to make mushroom dum biryani recipe
For best results follow the step-by-step photos above the recipe card
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- 1 cup mushrooms sliced
- 1 ½ cups basmathi rice
- ½ cup yogurt / curd
- ¼ cup green peas fresh or frozen
- 1 onion medium , sliced thinly
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ tsp shahi jeera for rice
- 1 ½ tbsps mint / pudina, Chopped
- 1 ½ tbsps coriander leaves Chopped
- 1 ½ tsps Ginger garlic paste
- 1 green chili slit
- 3 tbsps Oil or ghee
- ¼ tsp red chili powder
- 1 Pinch Saffron soaked in 2 tbsps. Hot milk (optional)
To powder
- 4 green cardamoms
- ½ tsp stone flower / dagad phool / kalpasi
- ½ tsp saunf / fennel seeds
- 1 cinnamon stick Small
- 1 pinch nutmeg , grated or small piece (don’t add to much)
- 5 cloves
- pepper corn Few , or powder
Instructions
- Please follow the instructions from step by step photos
Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.
For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.
NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)
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Gayathri says
Hai can you please tell me the biryani masala powder measurement. Because I have biryani powder only and I don’t have some spices you mentioned on top.
swasthi says
Hi Gayathri
You can use about 1 to 1 1/4 tsp biryani powder.
Shiva says
Hi,
I must say thanks to your recipe…. brilliant way of narration and awesome recipe….. it came as shoen in your pics….Thanks thanks thanks… Kudos!!!!!
swasthi says
Welcome Shiva
Happy to know it turned out good. Thanks for trying
Madhu says
Hello Swasthi,
I tried this recipe and I must say, this was the best dish I ever made so far. I’m a newly married woman. I must say I don’t have much experience in cooking but your recipe is simple and sophisticated . My partner and I totally enjoyed it. I would have shared the pictures but the aroma was irresistible and we both just digged in.
I’m a non vegetarian where as my husband is a vegan. I have made him happy but I just want to know how different can I make it if I have to add chicken instead of mushrooms here?
swasthi says
Hi Madhu
Thanks for sharing the outcome. So glad to know you both liked it. You can try this chicken biryani recipe. Hope this helps