VEGETABLE PULAO ( PULAV )

                   
                       This is the most comforting one pot meal for  my whole family.We all love it very much.If you do not have much time but want to prepare a quick and comforting meal, then this is a perfect choice. It is perfect for office lunch box and kids lunch box also. We can prepare a South Indian style brinjal gravy/kulambu as a side dish for this. Believe me, the combo taste awesome Today let us learn how to prepare vegetable pulao using this easy mixed vegetable pulao recipe.

Ingredients needed ( for 4 adults )

1. Basmati rice or ordinary raw rice -2.5 cup
2. Onion - 1
3. Green chilli -3
4. Ginger garlic paste - 4 tsp
5. Mint leaves - handful
6. Mixed Vegetables - (beans-12 - 14 , potato -2-3, cauliflower -8-10 florets , 2 carrot)
7. Peas - handful
8. Turmeric powder - a pinch
9. Salt as required.


To grind

 1. Cardamom - 2
 2. Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
 3. cinnamon - 2 pinch
 4. Star anise - 1 or 2 floret
 5. cloves - 5

To Temper

 1. Bay leaves - 1
 2. Geera - tspn
 3. Oil -5 tsp
 4. Ghee - 30 - 40 ml ( more ghee gives good flovour and taste )

Preparation

 1. Soak rice for 30 minutes. Drain the water well and keep it aside.

 2. Cut the vegetables lengthwise or cubes.

 3. Wash cauliflower well and put them in salted hot water for 5 minutes.

 4. Grind ginger,garlic paste

 5. Also grind the spices


Method

 STEP: 1
              Take a pressure cooker, heat ghee+ oil, add the ingredients mentioned under To Grind (whole spices). After it splutters, add onions and saute till they turn transparent

                                                        
 STEP : 2
                   Add ginger garlic paste and green chilli and saute for a few more minutes.

 

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 STEP : 3
                 Add the veggies except cauliflower.Fry for 2 minutes and add the drained,soaked rice. Give it a stir.

 

                                               


      STEP : 4                        
                       Add 1 and 1/2 cups water,salt and mix well. Check for salt and bring to boil.                Add the cauliflower at this stage and mix well and cover with the lid.

   STEP : 5
                     Keep the flame in lowest possible. Cook for 10-12 minutes because rice is soaked already ,give a gentle stir in between. If you want to pressure cook with whistle,then give 2 whistles in medium flame.

                                         

STEP : 6
                   Top with ghee and coriander leaves and serve hot with onion raita!

    Variations you can make :

    

The water quantity varies with the quality of the basmati rice.

Soaking the rice for more time gives moist rice and gets cooked easily. So soak as much as possible.

 

You can add vegetables of your choice.

I added cauliflower in the end because,the cauliflower we get here gets mushy soon. If you are using organic cauliflower you can use it along with other veggies.

You can cook in thin coconut milk instead of water.

You can also grind 1/4 cup of coconut along with the ingredients to grind.

Add oil or ghee generously to get rich taste.

 Perfect Side dish for Pulao

• Potato chips
• Cucumber raita
• mixed vegetable raita
• Onion raita
• Gobi 65

Note


             All the recipes in JepsCreations has been tried and tested in our kitchen several times, so even a novice can try with confidence.

Tips for beginners :

  1. If you take 1 cup of rice, salt needed will be approximately 2 tsp. You can taste the water to check salt. If the water is slightly salty, then it will be perfect once the rice is done.

 2. Instead of cooking directly in the cooker, transfer the contents to another vessel and pressure cook for 3 whistles.Do let us know if you have any doubts.

Stay tuned for the brinjal gravy side dish for this pulao , till then it is bye from JepsCreations.....