Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Vegetable Pulav

Vegetable pulav is one of the variety for breakfast or dinner in some of the asian countries. This will be very tasty. The pulav can also be prepared with less spices if you don't like heavy spices. The rice is cooked along with vegetables and spices in a cooker. Many of you asked the recipe for vegetable pulav to prepare in simple and easy way. Please do check the recipe details below. Prepare and do let me know how it tasted.

Preparation time: 40 min
Servings: For 4

Ingredients:
Oil -1table spoon
Chopped green chilli-2
Kasuri methi -3tspoons
Chopped Pudina/Mint leaves  -3 tspoons
Ginger garlic paste -3tspoons
Onion- 1/2 [Cut into small pieces]
Tomato -1[Cut into small pieces]
Vegetables -carrot, cauliflower, capsicum, Frozen indian Green peas, Potato, Green beans
Garam masala or Chicken masala -2 tspoons
Red chilli powder -1 tspoon
Chopped Coriander leaves-1/2 table spoon
Ghee -4 tspoons
Lemon juice -3 tspoons
Coconut milk -1 cup
Salt as per taste
Washed Rice -2 cups
Water -3 cups

Note: Ratio = Rice 2 cups: Water 3 cups: Coconut milk 1 cup

Method:

  1. In pressure cooker, add oil , when oil is hot add the ingredients one by one in the same order as mentioned above except water and rice. Saute and mix well for few minutes after adding each ingredients.
  2. Now add rice and water.
  3. Check the taste of water in the cooker, Let there be small quantity extra of salt to get adjusted to the taste of rice when its cooked. Close the pressure cooker lid. Let it cook in medium flame for only 3-4 whistles. Switch off the flame.
  4. Open the lid once the pressure subsides. Mix well and serve hot with Raitha.