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    Home » Recipes » Potato Recipes

    Small potato biryani recipe, Baby potato biryani

    December 9, 2007 by Raks Anand 54 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Small potato biryani recipe, with a unique flavourful masala. Learn how to make baby potato biryani with full video, stepwise pictures recipe.

    small potato biryani

    I first tried small potato biryani from a cookbook and loved it. But the method was so tedious. So I adapted the recipe, made it shortcut method and it turned out equally good.

    This is very spicy and different kind of biryani and the small potato attracts everyone in this dish. Kids gonna love it!

    I have made this very often and it is my to go recipe whenever I have relatives at home. Usually biryani recipes have ginger garlic paste in main, but this one have no garlic, yet turns out so flavourful.

    Check out this menu with baby potato biryani

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    Small potato biryani recipe

    Small potato biryani recipe, with a unique flavourful masala. Learn how to make baby potato biryani with full video, stepwise pictures recipe.
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes
    Servings 4

    Equipments (Amazon Affiliate links)

    • pressure cooker
    • Food processor or blender
    • knife
    • chopping board
    • ladle
    • kadai/ pan
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Basmati rice
    • 15 Small potato Use more if potatoes are too small
    • 1 Onion Sliced lengthwise
    • 1 Tomato Small
    • ⅛ teaspoon Turmeric
    • ½ teaspoon Garam masala
    • 1 & ½ cup Water
    • ¼ cup Curd You can use as less as just 2 tbsp
    • ¼ cup Coriander leaves measured tightly packed
    • Salt

    To roast & grind

    • 1 teaspoon Oil
    • 1 tablespoon Coriander seeds
    • 3 Red chilli Medium spice
    • 3 Green chilli Medium spice
    • ¾ tablespoon Ginger
    • 2 tablespoon Grated coconut

    To Temper

    • 3 tablespoon Oil
    • 1 Biryani leaf
    • 1 Cinnamon small piece
    • 1 Cardamom
    • 1 Cloves
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    Instructions

    Prep rice

    • Wash and soak rice for minimum 10 minutes. You can soak it for longer time.
    • Optional step to roast the rice for a minute or until dry in a teaspoon of oil. This ensures separate grains after getting cooked.

    Cooking potato

    • Take a small pressure cooker and wash the small potatoes well.
    • Fill it with water until all are immersed fully.
    • Add generous rock salt. Pressure cook for 2 whistles.

    Masala

    • Fry coriander seeds and red chillies in a teaspoon of oil until fragrant.
    • Add ginger, green chilli and give it a saute.
    • In goes 2 tablespoon grated coconut and roast until dry, starts wafting coconut aroma.
    • Place the above roasted items, coriander leaves, curd in a blender.
    • Grind smoothly.

    Roast potato

    • Heat a pan with a tablespoon of oil and add the boiled, peeled small potatoes.
    • Roast in medium flame until golden brown. Turn over occasionally for even roasting.

    Prepare biryani

    • Heat a small pressure cooker with oil and temper with cardamom, cinnamon, clove and biryani leaf.
    • Add sliced onion and fry for a minute.
    • After that, add finely chopped tomatoes and fry till soft with a pinch of salt.
    • Then add the ground paste, turmeric, garam masala and give it a stir.
    • After that, add the roasted potatoes and little salt.
    • Cook in low or medium flame for 4 minutes or until oil separates from the masala and the raw smell goes off. I cook covered.
    • After that, add roasted rice, 1 & ½ cup of water, required salt and mix well.
    • Check for salt and pressure cook for 2 whistles in medium flame or 14-15 minutes in lowest flame. (refer note 1)
    • Take care to prevent burnt bottom by stirring once in between if after 10 minutes. At the same time, don't break the rice while mixing. Do it very gently only few turns.
    • Level and again continue for 4-5 minutes. Switch off stove
    • Give 5 minutes standing time before serving.

    Video

    Notes

    • My stove can be kept in a really low low flame, so I cook in low flame. My cooker is indolium does not get burnt at the bottom, best for such one pot rice items. Use the same for best results.
    • Since there's coconut, curd in the masala, it tends to take longer to cook as well as chances for burnt bottom. So take care to prevent this.
    • Add oil or ghee as needed as this rice will be very dry if there is no oil/ghee.
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    Small potato biryani method:

    Prep rice

    1. Wash and soak rice for minimum 10 minutes. You can soak it for longer time.
    2. Optional step to roast the rice for a minute or until dry in a teaspoon of oil. This ensures separate grains after getting cooked.

    Cooking potato

    1. Take a small pressure cooker and wash the small potatoes well.
    2. Fill it with water until all are immersed fully.
    3. Add generous rock salt. Pressure cook for 2 whistles.

    Masala

    1. Fry coriander seeds and red chillies in a teaspoon of oil until fragrant.
    2. Add ginger, green chilli and give it a saute.
    3. In goes 2 tablespoon grated coconut and roast until dry, starts wafting coconut aroma.
    4. Place the above roasted items, coriander leaves, curd in a blender.
    5. Grind smoothly.
    roast
    grind

    Roast potato

    1. Heat a pan with a tablespoon of oil and add the boiled, peeled small potatoes.
    2. Roast in medium flame until golden brown. Turn over occasionally for even roasting.
    roast

    Prepare biryani

    1. Heat a small pressure cooker with oil and temper with cardamom, cinnamon, clove and biryani leaf.
    2. Add sliced onion and fry for a minute.
    3. After that, add finely chopped tomatoes and fry till soft with a pinch of salt.
    4. Then add the ground paste, turmeric, garam masala and give it a stir.
    5. After that, add the roasted potatoes and little salt.
    tomato, ground paste, potato
    1. Cook in low or medium flame for 4 minutes or until oil separates from the masala and the raw smell goes off. I cook covered.
    2. After that, add roasted rice, 1 & ½ cup of water, required salt and mix well.
    3. Check for salt and pressure cook for 2 whistles in medium flame or 14-15 minutes in lowest flame. (refer note 1)
    4. Take care to prevent burnt bottom by stirring once in between if after 10 minutes. At the same time, don't break the rice while mixing. Do it very gently only few turns.
    5. Level and again continue for 4-5 minutes. Switch off stove
    6. Give 5 minutes standing time before serving.
    rice

    Top with ghee  and garish with coriander leaves if desired and enjoy with onion raita!

    small potato biryani, curd rice, raita

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Purnima

      December 09, 2007 at 1:05 pm

      RK..lovely biryani!!shall give it a try!

      Reply
    2. Happy cook

      December 09, 2007 at 1:23 pm

      Wow potoe biriyani looks delicious. I have never made them just with potato.

      Reply
    3. Rajitha

      December 09, 2007 at 1:34 pm

      mmm..yummy! i have MB's book too and have seen this recipe..should make it now 🙂

      Reply
    4. Daily Meals

      December 09, 2007 at 1:47 pm

      The biryani looks yummy with small potatoes.

      Reply
    5. Siri

      December 09, 2007 at 2:53 pm

      The baby potato biryani looks delicious Raji...a definite try for sure..:D Thanks for sharing the recipe..:)

      ~ Siri

      Reply
    6. Kribha

      December 09, 2007 at 3:23 pm

      Raji, That's a lovely biryani. I never knew that potatoes alone are enough to make a nice biryani. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    7. Rachel

      December 09, 2007 at 4:22 pm

      Potato biriyani looks worth a try!

      Reply
    8. Seena

      December 09, 2007 at 5:28 pm

      Raj,
      I was looking for Badrinath's recipe book, haven't got one yet.
      Any way, I have bookmarked this recipe, looks very delicious!

      Reply
    9. Namratha

      December 09, 2007 at 8:11 pm

      Oh wow, looks good and yummy!

      Reply
    10. indosungod

      December 10, 2007 at 12:44 am

      Small Potato Briyani looks delicious and sure tastes the same. Can I just cook the rice just like I would Biryani instead of cooking the rice and then cooking it again in the end. Just curious thats all.

      Reply
    11. Nags

      December 10, 2007 at 3:29 am

      this looks really yummy 🙂 And I love the way you have your ingredients in a box. very easy to follow that way!

      Reply
    12. RAKS KITCHEN

      December 10, 2007 at 5:34 am

      Purnima,Happycook,rajitha,vijaya,Siri,Kribha,rachel...
      Thankyou everyone..Do try this one,you all will love it for sure :))

      Reply
    13. RAKS KITCHEN

      December 10, 2007 at 5:40 am

      Seena,
      Hope you find her book soon..u can get it online too in her site..:)Try this out lemme know how it came out...!
      Namratha,Thankyou;))

      Reply
    14. RAKS KITCHEN

      December 10, 2007 at 5:47 am

      Indosungod,
      May be you can try that way too...NO difference I think:)
      Nags,
      Thankyou for ur appreciation....:)

      Reply
    15. sangeetaskitchen

      December 10, 2007 at 11:49 am

      supeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr raji, my mouth is watering,,,,,when are u inviting me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Reply
    16. easycrafts

      December 10, 2007 at 1:10 pm

      i always make gravy for baby potatoes...this is new to me...thanks for sharing

      Reply
    17. Meera

      December 10, 2007 at 1:56 pm

      Wow! That biryani looks so delicious! Looks like one more cookbook on my "To buy" list!

      Reply
    18. Laavanya

      December 10, 2007 at 3:24 pm

      That's really different.. and i love the fact that this is spicy. Have to try this soon!!

      Reply
    19. Mandira

      December 10, 2007 at 6:03 pm

      wow, the potato biryani looks delicious 🙂

      Reply
    20. sagari

      December 10, 2007 at 11:23 pm

      biryani looks soo yummy yummy raks
      small potatos look beautiful I have'nt tryed biryani with potatos
      LOVED YOUR RECIPE

      Reply
    21. RAKS KITCHEN

      December 11, 2007 at 12:45 am

      Sangeeta,
      Whenever you are comfortable..you are welcome to my home;D

      Reply
    22. RAKS KITCHEN

      December 11, 2007 at 12:51 am

      easy crafts,
      Thankyou for the compliments!
      meera,
      The book give a lot of ideas meera!
      laavanya,
      Its a really spicy kinda briyani!Just for spice lovers:D
      Mandira,
      Thankyou for the compliments!
      sagari,
      Sure that thte small potatoes give a look to the briyani...!glad that u love the recip:D

      Reply
    23. Latha Narasimhan

      December 11, 2007 at 2:55 am

      Lovely biryani raji! 🙂 I am busy for 2 months as my appa is staying with me! I may not be able post regularly and visit other blogs! I will compensate once I am free!:)

      Reply
    24. Miri

      December 11, 2007 at 4:01 am

      This was one of the first books I bought when I started cooking on a daily basis and tried out most of the recips.
      Haven't cooked from that book for a long time, thanks for reminding me - this dish looks yummy too!

      Reply
    25. Swaroopa

      December 11, 2007 at 4:55 pm

      looks gr8!! very tastey & healthy too...

      Reply
    26. swapna susarla

      December 11, 2007 at 8:15 pm

      small potatoes are looking yummy.u had a lot of tasty recipes.definitely have to try them.

      Reply
    27. Seema

      December 11, 2007 at 10:35 pm

      Looks great.. I have never tried these.. Will try it out! Looks awesome!

      Reply
    28. Ramya's Mane Adige

      December 12, 2007 at 4:51 am

      looks lovely and different!!! Mallika Badrinath's recipe are always a hit!!! Thanx for the recipe

      Reply
    29. RAKS KITCHEN

      December 12, 2007 at 6:42 am

      Thankyou everybody 🙂

      Reply
    30. Lissie

      December 12, 2007 at 4:04 pm

      beautiful pictures! never tried potato biriyani. it sounds delicious!

      Reply
    31. Shivapriya

      December 12, 2007 at 7:25 pm

      Yummy biryini.

      Reply
    32. Cynthia

      December 12, 2007 at 11:20 pm

      Thanks to the world of food blogging, I learn something new everyday such as un-thought-of combinations such as this one.

      Reply
    33. remya

      December 13, 2007 at 12:07 am

      thats a variety biriyani..i love mallika's recipe....small potatoes in it looks very delicious...

      Reply
    34. USHA

      December 13, 2007 at 2:46 am

      Wow!i like Mallika badrinath's recipes very much,the main reason is her measurements are perfect.

      Thanks for sharing...keep sharing more recipes..I don;t find small potatoes near by myarea...planning to try with big potatoes making into bits...

      Reply
    35. DEEPA

      December 13, 2007 at 3:40 am

      Oh wow!!!something really new ....i have never made this before ...will make it soon ...

      Reply
    36. Dhanggit

      December 13, 2007 at 11:29 am

      i love rice.;but its too simple for my husband..this is a great idea to make him eat more rice.. 🙂 what a lovely recipe!!thanks for sharing i will try it for sure one of these days

      Reply
    37. Menu Today

      December 13, 2007 at 12:30 pm

      Hi Raks,
      Your version looks soooo nice,. Lovely presentation...

      Reply
    38. RAKS KITCHEN

      December 13, 2007 at 2:40 pm

      Lissie,shivapriya,
      Thankyou for the comments!
      cynthiya,remya,
      Thankyou for your lovely words!
      Usha,
      You can try it with big potatoes as well..once i too have tried with that!

      Reply
    39. RAKS KITCHEN

      December 13, 2007 at 2:51 pm

      dhanggit,
      Glad that this recipe will be helpful to your hubby:)Thankyou somuch for dropping by!
      Menutoday,
      Thankyou for ur compliments!

      Reply
    40. Prajusha

      December 14, 2007 at 1:37 am

      biriyani looks delicious..thanks for sharing a diff. variety of biriyani:)

      Reply
    41. Maya Shanbhag

      December 14, 2007 at 8:49 pm

      Thats a lovely looking biryani...Will try next time..

      Reply
    42. Carol Kicinski

      December 18, 2007 at 9:25 pm

      Hi, I just stumbled onto your blog and I am glad I did. Your biryani looks wonderful, I am definately going to make it! I am very new to blogging, it looks like you have a wonderful community of fellow bloggers!

      Reply
    43. Sendhil

      December 23, 2007 at 3:25 pm

      You are tagged. http://sendhil.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!30862CF919BD131A!1069.entry :-).

      Reply
    44. Madhavi

      December 24, 2007 at 2:05 pm

      baby potatoes in any thing - yummy.and biryani good idea.

      Reply
    45. sagu's fantasy

      March 25, 2008 at 4:02 am

      look really delicious i'm try this recipe soon.

      Reply
    46. nisha

      July 23, 2008 at 12:00 pm

      wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
      I tried this today and it came out so well.
      the measurements are perfect.
      thankyou and keep posting more recipes.

      Reply
    47. nisha

      July 23, 2008 at 12:00 pm

      wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
      i tried this today and it came out so well.
      the measurements are perfect.
      thankyou and keep sharing more recipes .

      Reply
    48. Sathya Sankar

      September 05, 2008 at 6:32 am

      Hi Raji ,your dish looks yummy ! iam droolin here.
      This is my first visit to your blog, enjoyed your recipes..will give it a try soon.

      Reply
    49. mala chari

      October 08, 2011 at 5:34 am

      i love your blog :). Am new to cooking & every time i want to try a new recipe i am here. It has the perfect measurement & it turns out so well..looking forward to learning so much from you :))

      Reply
    50. meetha h narang

      December 02, 2011 at 12:36 am

      yes, it was really spicy, but yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmy............., although i added only one red chilli, but seasoned with whole garam masala.

      Reply
    51. Anuradha

      July 05, 2012 at 10:18 am

      hi

      Reply
    52. Vaishnavi

      December 01, 2012 at 11:14 am

      Its its awesome....:) thanks for the image come recipe.....:)

      Reply
    53. Jeba Mini

      January 23, 2013 at 7:41 am

      Hi Raji,

      My hubby is an Potato lover he loved this Briyani:)this is the first time i am trying this variety of Briyani.... Thanks for sharing this recipe.....

      Reply
    54. Jeba Mini

      January 23, 2013 at 7:41 am

      Hi Raji,

      Awesome briyani, My hubby is an potato lover so he loved it. This is the first time i am trying briyani and it came well:)........ Thanks a lot for your recipe......

      Reply

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