Brinji Rice, Vegetable Brinji Satham, Easy Instant Pot Rice recipes
Brinji Rice, VEGETABLE BRINJI SADAM WITHOUT COCONUT MILK, KALYANA BRINJI RICE RECIPE is a keeper recipe with a lot of spice flavors. This recipe again is perfect for a lunch box OR ONE POT MEAL. Here is how to do Brinji rice, Vegetable Brinji Sadam my style.
What is Brinji rice??? The term ” Brinji ” came from the whole spice Bay leaf(பிரியாணி இலை, Brinji Ellai) in Tamil which means rice made with bay leaf and whole spices. This is a staple in most Tamil weddings and served with an accompaniment of spicy dry or wet curry. Brinji rice is immense flavor by cooking the rice in coconut milk, but I made with slight variation Brinji rice without coconut milk. We call it Brinji Satham(Sadam), cooking with just oil+ghee makes the rice tastier only ghee will not taste good.
Getting the right consistency of the rice is the key factor to a variety rice. I always cook Briyani in the open pot method in Kadai and I prefer to use Seeraga samba rice. But everything opposite today. Made Brinji rice in Instant Pot and using Basmati Rice. It came out very well. This is my 8th attempt making biryani in Instant Pot, now I learned to make everything in IP, moreover, I am using the only IP for everything now🤦♀️🤷♀️
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Brinji Rice, Vegetable Brinji Sadam:
- 2 cups basmati rice
- 3 & ¾ cup water
- ¼ cup thick curd
- 1 Tbsp ghee(for frying the bread)
- 2 bread cut into squares
- 1 tbsp oil
- 3 bay leaves
- 3 cardamom crushed
- 4 cloves
- 2-inch cinnamon stick
- 2 medium-sized onion sized
- 1 tomato
- mint leaves
- mixed vegetables 2 cups
- 1 & ½ tsp salt
- coriander leaves
- 1 tsp ghee
- On the IP(INSTANT POT) keep in saute mode. Add a tbsp ghee, fry the bread cubes for a min just to golden remove it. add 1 tbsp oil crush the spice and add it. Saute it for a min.
- Once the wholes spices fried a min, add ginger garlic paste, saute for few seconds and then add sliced onions immediately followed by green chilies. saute for a min no need to brown the onions. Add 1 tomato chopped, same like onion just sautes for a min, and then add vegetables. Don't make onion and tomato mushy just saute is enough. Add veggies and saute for a min. Don't overcook any vegetables.
- Add 1 & ½ tsp salt, add ¼ cup of thick curd or ¼ cup of thick coconut milk give a nice mix and then add mint leaves. Drain the water from the soaked rice add it, give a nice stir for a min, and then add water. This is an important step don't add water first always add rice and then water, you will come to know the rice texture as the result.
- you can see the rice becomes crips this stage add the water(3 & ¾ cups) and mix well.
- Now press the cancel mode also switch off the IP for a min. Now again it set it to Pressure Cook Mode and cook for 10 mins(i set it for 10 mins because I used Indian Gate Basmati Rice) the cooking time differs upon the quality of rice. Seeraga samba rice needs 6 to 8 mins. Make sure that the vent is in a sealing position. Once the rice cooked, Open the IP add a tsp of Ghee just fluff the rice using the fork cover and keep it warm for 5 mins. Now Brinji Rice is ready to serve.
- Look at the rice how it looks, long, fluffy, and perfect grainy in texture. Add some Coriander leaves and top it with fried bread and serve hot with any spicy gravy or curry.
Brinji Sadam Ingredients and Pre Preparation:
- The ingredients required are whole spices the main ingredient is brinji leaves(bay leaf) don’t skip it, crush the other whole spices in motor pastels, and use it for good flavourful brinji rice.
- Soak rice, if you are using basmati rice soak it for 3o mins not more than that. If you are using seeraga samba rice soak it for 45 mins
- Take 2 white or brown bread cut into square pieces, keep aside.
- use vegetables of your choice to cut them into medium pieces not small.
- mint, coriander is must
- ghee + oil gives nice flavor don’t use only oil or only ghee
- water quantity is important, measure the rice and curd you use according to that adjust the water. For Example, I used 2 cups of basmati rice, 1/4 cup of curd so I took 3 & 3/4 cup of water. This the ratio. In case if you are using coconut milk add 1/4 cup adjust the water. Then only we will get the right consistency.
Brinji Rice recipe, How to make Vegetable Brinji Satham in an Instant Pot:
On the IP(INSTANT POT) keep in saute mode. Add a tbsp ghee, fry the bread cubes for a min just to golden remove it. add 1 tbsp oil crush the spice and add it. Saute it for a min.
Once the wholes spices fried a min, add ginger garlic paste, saute for few seconds and then add sliced onions immediately followed by green chilies. saute for a min no need to brown the onions. Add 1 tomato chopped, same like onion just sautes for a min, and then add vegetables. Don’t make onion and tomato mushy just saute is enough. Add veggies and saute for a min. Don’t overcook any vegetables.
Add 1 & 1/2 tsp salt, add 1/4 cup of thick curd or 1/4 cup of thick coconut milk give a nice mix and then add mint leaves. Drain the water from the soaked rice add it, give a nice stir for a min, and then add water. This is an important step don’t add water first always add rice and then water, you will come to know the rice texture as the result.
you can see the rice becomes crips this stage add the water(3 & 3/4 cups) and mix well.
Now press the cancel mode also switch off the IP for a min. Now again it set it to Pressure Cook Mode and cook for 10 mins(i set it for 10 mins because I used Indian Gate Basmati Rice) the cooking time differs upon the quality of rice. Seeraga samba rice needs 6 to 8 mins. Make sure that the vent is in a sealing position. Once the rice cooked, Open the IP add a tsp of Ghee just fluff the rice using the fork cover and keep it warm for 5 mins. Now Brinji Rice is ready to serve.
Look at the rice how it looks, long, fluffy, and perfect grainy in texture. Add some Coriander leaves and top it with fried bread and serve hot with any spicy gravy or curry.
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Do try this Briji rice this weekend special lunch and let me know your feedback!
Have a wonderful day Makkale!!!🙌😀❤
