VEGETABLE PULAO
Vegetable Pulao or Veg Pulao is a spicy rice dish prepared by cooking rice with various vegetable, spices and coconut milk.
Recipe Type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Preparation Time: 30minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 4 serving
Author: Saranya Prabhu
Ingredients (1Cup = 250ml):
For rice
- 1.5 cup Basmati Rice
- enough water for soaking rice
Vegetable and other ingredients:
- 2 to 3 tablespoon Ghee or oil
- 1/2 Cup thinly sliced onion
- 1/3 cup chopped tomato
- 2 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
- 2 to 3 green chillies
- 2 tablespoon coriander leaves (dhania patta)
- 1 tablespoon mint leaves (pudina patta)
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder (lal mirch powder)
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder (dhania powder)
- 1 pinch asafoetida (hing)
- 3 cups mix vegetable (i used a mix of cauliflower, french beans, potatoes and carrot)
- 1/3 cup green peas (Fresh or Frozen)
- 2 tablespoon coconut milk
- 2.5 cups water
- salt as required.
whole spices:
- 2 small bay leaf (tejpatta)
- 2 to 3 cloves (lavang)
- 4 to 5 black pepper (sabut kali mirch)
- 1/2 inch cinnamon (dalchini)
- 2 green cardamoms (hari elaichi)
- 1 star anise (chakri phool)
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds (saunf)
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
HOW TO MAKE:
- Rinse rice in running water, then soak the rice in running water for 30 min.
- After 30 min drain the water and keep aside the rice.
- Heat oil or ghee in a pressure cooker. Add all the whole spices mentioned above. Saute the spice for 2 min.
- Now add onions. Stir and saute till the onions start to become golden.
- Now add ginger garlic paste, green chillies, coriander leaves and mint leaves. Saute till raw aroma of ginger-garlic goes away.
- then add the chopped tomatoes.
- next add the spice powders - turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and a pinch of asafoetida.
- saute this spice mixture till the tomatoes soften and become mushy.
- Now add all chopped vegetables and peas. Mix well with the spice mixture.
- Now add soaked and drained rice, Stire gently and saute the rice for a minute.
- Add 2.5 cups water, coconut milk and salt as per taste.
- cover the pressure cooker with a lid and pressure cook pulao on medium to high flame for 1 whistle. (it may take 12 to 15min).
- Turn off flame. Let it cool at room temperature. Open the lid once the pressure comes down..
- Fluff the rice gently and serve veg pulao with raita or salad.
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