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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 – 1/2 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:

Take all your ingredients..You need some milk and water for cooking the rice..
Spice 1 – Spice powders which you need
Spice 2 – Whole spices which you need
Prepare all ur veggies
wash it
chop ur herbs
heat some ghee
add in whole spices
now onions
add in ginger garlic paste
add in powdered spices
mix well
add in veggies
and mix well
add in herbs
and some curd
add in rice
and mix well
pour in water
and milk
mix well..Don’t forget to add salt..
bring it to boil
cover and simmer
till done..
Serve
with some raita on the side..
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Filed Under: Beans, Cauliflower Recipes, Cinnamon, Cumin, Curd, Ghee, Lunch Box, Lunch Box Ideas, Mint, Peas, Potato, Pulav, Pulav, Pulav, Recent Recipes, Rice

About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Uma

    November 14, 2011 at 4:31 pm

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

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  2. Tina

    November 14, 2011 at 5:39 pm

    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!

    Reply
  3. Junia

    November 14, 2011 at 5:46 pm

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

    Reply
  4. Sumee

    November 14, 2011 at 8:02 pm

    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

    November 14, 2011 at 8:20 pm

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

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  6. Neha

    November 14, 2011 at 9:02 pm

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

    Reply
  7. Dzoli

    November 14, 2011 at 10:32 pm

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

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  8. Becky

    November 14, 2011 at 10:41 pm

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

    Reply
  9. Torviewtoronto

    November 15, 2011 at 12:33 am

    delicious flavours looks wonderful

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  10. Amy

    November 15, 2011 at 12:36 am

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

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  11. Julie

    November 15, 2011 at 1:22 am

    Love the veggies and spices.

    Reply
  12. Lyndsey

    November 15, 2011 at 1:34 am

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

    Reply
  13. Hamaree Rasoi

    November 15, 2011 at 1:41 am

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

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

    Reply
  14. Amina Khaleel

    November 15, 2011 at 2:02 am

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

    Reply
  15. Sharmilee! :)

    November 15, 2011 at 4:31 am

    Feeling hungry now seeing ur pulao…yummy with raita

    Reply
  16. Premalatha Aravindhan

    November 15, 2011 at 5:49 am

    wow delicious combo,pass it here:)

    Reply
  17. Vidhya

    November 15, 2011 at 6:18 am

    Your Pulao looks so wonderful.

    Reply
  18. Kaveri

    November 15, 2011 at 6:38 am

    Wonderful pulao…looks very yum

    Reply
  19. RAKS KITCHEN

    November 15, 2011 at 7:05 am

    My kid's favorite! Wonderful recipe!

    Reply
  20. Aruna Manikandan

    November 15, 2011 at 8:09 am

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

    Reply
  21. Balakrishna Saraswathy

    November 15, 2011 at 9:11 am

    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

    Reply
  22. S.Menaga

    November 15, 2011 at 12:08 pm

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

    Reply
  23. Nisa Homey

    November 15, 2011 at 12:19 pm

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

    Reply
  24. Archana

    November 15, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    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

    November 15, 2011 at 2:41 pm

    Tasty and yummy pulao,looks wonderful..

    Reply
  26. Care's Kitchen

    November 15, 2011 at 2:51 pm

    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!

    Reply
  27. LV

    November 15, 2011 at 8:17 pm

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

    http://foodfashionandflow.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  28. Poornima Nair

    November 15, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    Great dish for potlucks…looks great!

    Reply
  29. anthony stemke

    November 16, 2011 at 3:44 am

    Gorgeous pulao, cannot wait to try it.

    Reply
  30. Ruxana Gafoor

    October 1, 2014 at 9:30 am

    yummy veg.pulao

    Reply
  31. Anonymous

    November 7, 2014 at 8:11 am

    Very nice…looks very tempting

    Reply
  32. Anonymous

    December 16, 2014 at 8:19 am

    I just love ur all receipes…wonderfulll..

    Reply
  33. Anonymous

    April 2, 2015 at 1:40 am

    Nice simple easy recipe. .thank you very much.

    Reply
  34. Mumtaz begum

    April 26, 2015 at 3:20 am

    Is their any substitute for curd

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  35. Aarthi

    April 27, 2015 at 11:41 am

    @Mumtaz begumjust add another tomato instead of curd

    Reply
  36. Rajesh Kumar

    October 7, 2015 at 11:53 am

    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

    November 16, 2015 at 10:28 am

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

    Reply
  38. Aarthi

    November 18, 2015 at 11:35 am

    @Shivaniu can add water instead

    Reply
  39. Ambika Rathnam

    December 10, 2015 at 11:25 pm

    Any particular reason for using milk?? Thanks

    Reply
  40. Aarthi

    December 11, 2015 at 5:05 pm

    @Ambika Rathnamit gives nice flavour and taste

    Reply
  41. Bags by Tropical Inspirations

    January 21, 2016 at 2:22 am

    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

    January 22, 2016 at 4:39 pm

    @Bags by Tropical Inspirationsedited it

    Reply
  43. Anonymous

    May 3, 2016 at 4:54 am

    Is it coconut milk?

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    • Aarthi

      May 3, 2016 at 6:39 am

      No it is normal cows milk

      Reply
  44. divya prakash

    July 10, 2016 at 8:12 am

    Good receipe iam allergy to milk can I add water

    Reply

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