Monday, November 3, 2014

Vegetable pulao


Vegetable Pulao
Pulao is a simple rice dish cooked with spices & herbs. The spices & herbs will give a nice taste, aroma & lift to the dish. This rice can be paired with your choice of dry or gravy curry dish. I used normal rice in this dish, but replacing it with basmati rice will enhance the flavor more for the rice. You can use a pressure cooker or electric cooker in making it. I went with pressure cooker in making this recipe.
Vegetable Pulao
Prep Time-10mins {Chopping veggies & arranging items}
Cook Time-40mins 
Serves-2People
Pair this dish with raita, kurma & any gravy dish.
Ingredients
1Cup + 1/4Cup raw rice
2&1/2Cups water
1Cup chopped carrots & beans
1Cup cauliflower florets
1Big onion sliced
5Green chili's sliced
1/2Cup chopped mint
1/2Cup chopped coriander leaves
1Tbs ginger garlic paste
4Tsp oil
2Bay leaves
2Elachi's
1Tsp shahajeera
Few cinnamon barks
4Cloves
Salt to taste
Directions
1.Heat pressure cooker with oil. To that add elachi's, bay leaves, shahajeera, cinnamon barks & cloves. Fry them for few seconds.
2.Add ginger garlic paste &onions to cooker. Fry them till the raw smell of ginger garlic vanishes & meanwhile the onions will be slightly fried too.
3.Now add in green chili's, carrots, beans & cauliflower florets. Stir for few seconds & mix in with onions & spices.
4.Add in rice, water, mint, coriander leaves & enough salt. 
5.Close it & pressure cook for 3 whistles. Once the pressure cooker cools off, transfer it to a serving bowl & enjoy with side dish.
Note
- If you are using a electric cooker then cook the steps 1 to 3 on a stove top using a pan. Then you can transfer contents to a electric cooker & follow the step four. Cook it as per instructions & yummy pulao is ready.
Vegetable Pulao

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