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..
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.. |
Uma
Nice pulao aarty. I love it with any raita. Wonderful preparation with useful stepwise picture.
Tina
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!
Junia
this looks delicious!!! you have some great recipes here, esp. vegan and gluten free friendly!
Sumee
Looks awesome.. My method is almost the same. BTW I think your spice 1 and 2 are switched. :o)
sangee vijay
very tasty and yummy pulav...lovely recipe thanks for sharing!!
Neha
Hey...I make it exactly the same way but calls it tahairi...It's my fav...
Dzoli
I love creamy rice in a dish like this.Great array of spices here;)
Becky
Aarthi,
This dish looks sounds so good with all of those spices and veggies. I love your tutorial and pics.
Torviewtoronto
delicious flavours looks wonderful
Amy
This looks delicious! I love all of the veggies and spices you have included here in the pilaf!
Julie
Love the veggies and spices.
Lyndsey
This looks like a great lunch to me. so yummy!
Hamaree Rasoi
Wonderful and tasty looking vegetable pilaf. Must have tasted delicious.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Amina Khaleel
vegetable pulav looks absolutely delicious.. as always fabulous presentation..
Sharmilee! :)
Feeling hungry now seeing ur pulao...yummy with raita
Premalatha Aravindhan
wow delicious combo,pass it here:)
Vidhya
Your Pulao looks so wonderful.
Kaveri
Wonderful pulao...looks very yum
RAKS KITCHEN
My kid's favorite! Wonderful recipe!
Aruna Manikandan
I too prepare the same way, some times i replace milk with coconut milk 🙂
pulav looks spicy and delicious dear 🙂
Balakrishna Saraswathy
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
S.Menaga
one of my fav pulao..looks very tempting!!
Nisa Homey
I also make pulao and biriyani in cooker...yours looks so yummy.
Archana
Looks so tasty. I want to eat now.
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Suja
Tasty and yummy pulao,looks wonderful..
Care's Kitchen
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!
LV
This looks so tasty! It looks like it can pair well with lots of other dishes. Awesome!
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Poornima Nair
Great dish for potlucks...looks great!
anthony stemke
Gorgeous pulao, cannot wait to try it.
Ruxana Gafoor
yummy veg.pulao
Anonymous
Very nice...looks very tempting
Anonymous
I just love ur all receipes...wonderfulll..
Anonymous
Nice simple easy recipe. .thank you very much.
Mumtaz begum
Is their any substitute for curd
Aarthi
@Mumtaz begumjust add another tomato instead of curd
Rajesh Kumar
nice food ! I like it .I have never eaten this type of roll.It is very testy and delicious.Online Order Food
Shivani
What is the other Option if you don't want to put milk.
Thanks
Aarthi
@Shivaniu can add water instead
Ambika Rathnam
Any particular reason for using milk?? Thanks
Aarthi
@Ambika Rathnamit gives nice flavour and taste
Bags by Tropical Inspirations
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!
Aarthi
@Bags by Tropical Inspirationsedited it
Anonymous
Is it coconut milk?
Aarthi
No it is normal cows milk
divya prakash
Good receipe iam allergy to milk can I add water