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    Spicy Vegetable Pilaf Recipe / Vegetable Pulav Recipe

    November 14, 2011 By Aarthi 46 Comments

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    Happy Monday Guys...Hope you are doing great and had a wonderful day..I am in a bit hurry today...My sister is pushing me to do a presentation for her school homework..So I leave you with a small introduction and straight you go to the recipe..I made this for saturday lunch and it was totally a hit in my house..I was waiting to share this post ASAP..This is a spiced up vegetable pulav which is perfect for a spice hunter like me..So hope you like it and let me know what you think..Off you go to the step by step recipe with pictures..

    Preparation Time : 10 mins

    Cooking Time : 40 to 45 mins
    Serves : 2 to 3


    Ingredients:

    Basmati Rice – 2 cup
    Carrot-1 chopped
    Beans -10 chopped
    Frozen Peas / Fresh Peas-1 cup
    Onion-1 chopped
    Potato-1 chopped
    Ginger Garlic Paste-1 tblspn
    Cilantro- ½ cup chopped
    Mint Leaves – ½ cup chopped
    Yoghurt / Curd – ½ cup
    Salt to taste
    Ghee or Oil-1 tblspn
    Milk-1 cup
    Water - 2 cup


    Spices 1:
    Coriander powder / Malli podi-1 tsp
    Chilli powder-1 tsp
    Turmeric powder-1 tsp
    Garam masala powder-1 tsp


    Spices 2:
    Cinnamon-1 small piece
    Cardamom / Yelakai-4
    Cumin seeds / Jeerakam-1 tsp


    Method:

    Soak Basmati rice for 30 mins..Drain and set aside.

    Heat ghee or oil in a heavy bottom pan..I used my pressure cooker base..

    Add in spices 2 ingredients and sauté for 1 min.Now add in onions and fry for 1 min.

    Now add in spice 1 ingredients and fry for 30 sec.Now add in all the vegetables and mix well.

    Add in cilantro and mint leaves and mix well.Pour in curd and give a stir.

    Now add in the drained rice and mix well.Pour in 2 cup of water and 1 cup of milk(measure water and milk from the same cup you measured the rice)and mix well.Season with salt.

    Bring this to a boil.Cover the pan with a lid and simmer it for 15-20 mins.

    Now switch off the flame and let it rest for 5 more mins.

    Fluff up with a fork and serve with raita.


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    Pictorial:

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    Take all your ingredients..You need some milk and water for cooking the rice..
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    Spice 1 - Spice powders which you need
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    Spice 2 - Whole spices which you need
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    Prepare all ur veggies
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    wash it
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    chop ur herbs
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    heat some ghee
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    add in whole spices
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    now onions
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    add in ginger garlic paste
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    add in powdered spices
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    mix well
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    add in veggies
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    and mix well
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    add in herbs
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    and some curd
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    add in rice
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    and mix well
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    pour in water
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    and milk
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    mix well..Don't forget to add salt..
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    bring it to boil
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    cover and simmer
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    till done..
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    Serve
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    with some raita on the side..
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    Comments

    1. Uma

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      Nice pulao aarty. I love it with any raita. Wonderful preparation with useful stepwise picture.

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    2. Tina

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      This does look like a tasty rice dish! I can understand why it was such a hit at your house. Spices one & two definitely makes this one flavorful dish. Great post-yum!

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    3. Junia

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      this looks delicious!!! you have some great recipes here, esp. vegan and gluten free friendly!

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    4. Sumee

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      Looks awesome.. My method is almost the same. BTW I think your spice 1 and 2 are switched. :o)

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    5. sangee vijay

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      very tasty and yummy pulav...lovely recipe thanks for sharing!!

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    6. Neha

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      Hey...I make it exactly the same way but calls it tahairi...It's my fav...

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    7. Dzoli

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      I love creamy rice in a dish like this.Great array of spices here;)

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    8. Becky

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      Aarthi,
      This dish looks sounds so good with all of those spices and veggies. I love your tutorial and pics.

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    9. Torviewtoronto

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      delicious flavours looks wonderful

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    10. Amy

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      This looks delicious! I love all of the veggies and spices you have included here in the pilaf!

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    11. Julie

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      Love the veggies and spices.

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    12. Lyndsey

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      This looks like a great lunch to me. so yummy!

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    13. Hamaree Rasoi

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      Wonderful and tasty looking vegetable pilaf. Must have tasted delicious.

      Deepa
      Hamaree Rasoi

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    14. Amina Khaleel

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      vegetable pulav looks absolutely delicious.. as always fabulous presentation..

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    15. Sharmilee! :)

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      Feeling hungry now seeing ur pulao...yummy with raita

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    16. Premalatha Aravindhan

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      wow delicious combo,pass it here:)

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    17. Vidhya

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      Your Pulao looks so wonderful.

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    18. Kaveri

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      Wonderful pulao...looks very yum

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    19. RAKS KITCHEN

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      My kid's favorite! Wonderful recipe!

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    20. Aruna Manikandan

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      I too prepare the same way, some times i replace milk with coconut milk 🙂
      pulav looks spicy and delicious dear 🙂

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    21. Balakrishna Saraswathy

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      I just made pulav with just green peas for my daughter's lunch box...looks so yummy and filling for the tummy too:)..perfect one pot meal

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    22. S.Menaga

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      one of my fav pulao..looks very tempting!!

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    23. Nisa Homey

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      I also make pulao and biriyani in cooker...yours looks so yummy.

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    24. Archana

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      Looks so tasty. I want to eat now.

      Hosting an event which I am calling Back to our Roots Also hosting for Nov’11 Veggie Food for the Month_Raw Banana. Please do send me your entries.

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    25. Suja

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      Tasty and yummy pulao,looks wonderful..

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    26. Care's Kitchen

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      Now THAT is what I call a side dish! This is just gorgeous! Thanks for all your hard work that goes into your posts - they're just wonderful!

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    27. LV

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      This looks so tasty! It looks like it can pair well with lots of other dishes. Awesome!

      http://foodfashionandflow.blogspot.com/

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    28. Poornima Nair

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      Great dish for potlucks...looks great!

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    29. anthony stemke

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      Gorgeous pulao, cannot wait to try it.

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    30. Ruxana Gafoor

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      yummy veg.pulao

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    31. Anonymous

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      Very nice...looks very tempting

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    32. Anonymous

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      I just love ur all receipes...wonderfulll..

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    33. Anonymous

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      Nice simple easy recipe. .thank you very much.

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    34. Mumtaz begum

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      Is their any substitute for curd

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    35. Aarthi

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      @Mumtaz begumjust add another tomato instead of curd

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    36. Rajesh Kumar

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      nice food ! I like it .I have never eaten this type of roll.It is very testy and delicious.Online Order Food

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    37. Shivani

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      What is the other Option if you don't want to put milk.
      Thanks

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    38. Aarthi

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      @Shivaniu can add water instead

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    39. Ambika Rathnam

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      Any particular reason for using milk?? Thanks

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    40. Aarthi

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      @Ambika Rathnamit gives nice flavour and taste

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    41. Bags by Tropical Inspirations

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      Hi Aarthi,
      The spice 1&2 in the method don't correspond with the pictorial. I followed the text n it was slightly wrong; nevertheless dish turned out fine. U might want to edit?:) just thought I shd point it out in case those new to cooking get confused.

      Cheers!

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    42. Aarthi

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      @Bags by Tropical Inspirationsedited it

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    43. Anonymous

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      Is it coconut milk?

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      • Aarthi

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        No it is normal cows milk

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    44. divya prakash

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      Good receipe iam allergy to milk can I add water

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