Ingredients for Mixed vegetable pulao recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins  Cooking Time : 20 mins Serves: 2-3

• 1 Cup of Raw Rice
• 2 Cups of Water

To Grind

• 1/2 Onion
• 5 Garlic Cloves
• 1 Inch of Ginger
• 3 Green Chilly
• 1/2 Tsp of Fennel Seeds
• 1 Medium Size Cinnamon Stick
• 3 Cloves (small)
• 1 Cardamom
• 5 Cashews or almonds
• 1 Star Anise (small)

To Saute

• 1 Tbsp of Cooking Oil
• 1 Tbsp of Ghee
• 1 Bay Leaf
• 1/2 Tsp of Lichen (kalpasi)
• 1/2 Tsp of Fennel Seed
• 1 Red Onion, Chopped
• 2 Carrots, Chopped
• 10 Beans, Chopped
• 1/3 Cup of Peas
• 1 Potato, Small
• 3 Mushroom, Chopped
• 1/2 Tsp of Red Chilly Powder
• 1/2 Tsp of Garam Masala
• 2 Tsp of Coriander Powder
• Salt to taste
• 2 Tsp of Fried Onions
• 1 Tsp of Lemon Juice.
• Few Coriander Leaves
• 3-5 croutons

Method for Mixed vegetable pulao recipe

• Wash and soak the rice in water for 30 mins.
• In a blender, add all the ingredients listed under “To Grind” along with water to a smooth paste.
• Chop all the vegetables and onion, keep it aside.
• Heat a pressure cooker, add oil and ghee, when it is hot, add bay leaf, kalpasi, fennel seeds and mint leaves, then add onion, saute well for 2 mins till it turns golden brown.
• Add the ground masala paste, saute well until raw smell vanishes. Add coriander powder, garam masala and red chilly powder, saute this for a min.
• Add chopped vegetables and salt, saute this for 2 mins.
• Finally add rice, water, mix well. Check the salt. Add fried onion on top. Close the lid. Pressure cook for 2 whistles and turn off the flame.
• Open the lid, add lemon juice and coriander leaves, gently mix with fork. Add salt, if needed.
• Hot, yummy mixed vegetable pulao is ready to serve with onion or cucumber raita.

Tips

• Add more green chilly, if you want it spicy.
• I made this pulao with sona masoori rice (raw rice/paccharisi), you can make this pulao with basmathi rice too.
• If you are using basmathi, use 1.5 cups of water for 1 cup of rice. For sona massori, use 2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice.
• If you don’t have ghee, adding butter gives a nice flavor.
• Adding fried onion gives rich taste to pulao.
• You can add any vegetables of your choice like capsicum or cauliflower or beetroot.

Ingredients for easy tawa pulao recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins  Cooking Time: 30 Mins  Serves :3

• 1 Cup of Rice ( I used Sona masoori Rice)
• 1 Big Red Onion, Chopped
• 2 Big Tomatoes, Chopped
• 2 Carrots, Chopped
• 1/4 Cup of Green Peas (Frozen)
• 1 Potato (Big), Chopped
• 1 Green Capsicum, Chopped
• 4 Garlic and 1/2 Inch of Ginger, Crushed using mortar and pestle
• 2 Green Chilly, Slit
• 1 Tsp of Red Chilly Powder
• 1.5 Tsp of Pav Bhaji Masala
• Pinch of Black Salt
• Few Coriander Leaves
• Salt to taste
• 2 Tsp of Lemon Juice

To Temper

• 2 Tbsp of Butter
• 1 Tsp of Cumin

Method  for easy tawa pulao recipe

• Soak the rice in water for 30 mins. Wash and pressure cook the rice for 3 whistles. Cool the rice and set it aside.
• Boil the carrots and potato in microwave for 5 mins.
• Heat the butter on large tawa, add cumin seeds. After it crackles, add onion, saute on a medium flame for 2 mins.
• Add ginger garlic paste, saute until raw smell vanishes. Add green chilies, saute for a while. Add tomatoes, cook this until it turns soft
• Add boiled carrots, boiled potatoes, green capsicum, green peas and salt, saute this for 3 mins.
• Add pav bhaji masala, red chilly powder, black salt and coriander leaves, mix well and cook for few mins. Add lemon juice and mix well. Switch off the flame.
• Add the cooked rice, gently mix with masala using fork and spoon. Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Hot, yummy tawa pulao is ready to serve with raita or papad.

Tips

• You can use raw rice or basmathi rice or even left over rice to make this pulao.
• If you don’t have pav bhaji masala, try with equal amount of kitchen king masala, garam masala and chat masala.  I tried this masala version, it tastes good.
• Add vegetables of your choice.
• Adjust amount of red chilly powder according to your taste. My chilly powder is really spicy so I used only 1 tsp.
• Adding turmeric powder is optional.