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    Vegetable Cashew Pulao Recipe / Veg Pulav Recipe

    March 12, 2015 By Aarthi 3 Comments

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    This is what i made for lunch today, it was so yum. I couldn't wait longer to share with you all. I made this and served with gobi manchurian, actually i made two version of gobi manchurian, a dry version and a gravy version. I also made a cherry tomato raita which i made using the beautiful cute little tomatoes which i got in my super market yesterday. All those recipes coming up..

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    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
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    Preparation Time : 10 mins
    Cooking Time : 30 mins
    Serves: 4

    Ingredients:

    Basmati Rice - 2 cup ( I used India Gate)
    Oil - 2 tblspn
    Butter - 2 tblspn
    Cashews - a handful or ¼ cup
    Bay Leaf - 2
    Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 small stick
    Cardamom /. Yelakai - 5
    Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
    Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
    Mace / Jadhipattiri - 1
    Onions - 1 large peeled and sliced thinly
    Green Chillies - 6 to 7 slit
    Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
    Tomatoes - 1 large chopped
    Carrots - 1 medium size chopped
    Celery - 1 chopped
    Cauliflower - ½ cup chopped
    Beans - 10 chopped
    Potato - 1 peeled and chopped
    Capsicum / Bell Pepper - ½ chopped
    Salt to taste
    Water - 3 cup


    Method:

    Heat oil and butter in a pressure cooker. Add in cashews and whole spices. Saute till cashews turn golden.

    Now add in onions, green chillies and saute till golden.

    Add in salt and ginger garlic paste. Saute for a min or so.

    Add in tomatoes and cook till it turns mushy,

    Add in veggies and mix well. Saute for 5 to 7 mins till raw smell leaves.

    Add in drained rice and mix well.

    Pour in water and bring it to a boil.

    Cover the cooker and cook on a very very low heat for 1 whistle or 15 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself.

    Open the cooker, fluff the rice and serve.


    Pictorial:
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    Take all your ingredients
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    I soaked my basmati rice for nearly 1 hour
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    I used a variety of mixed veggies like carrots, potato, 
    capsicum, cauliflower and celery
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    In a pressure cooker, add in oil
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    add in some butter
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    now add in the whole spices, i have cinnamon, bay leaf, cardamom, fennel seeds, cumin seeds and mace
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    add in a handful of cashews
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    saute them for a while
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    now add in onions and green chillies
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    saute them well
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    cook till the onions turn golden
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    add in ginger garlic paste
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    season with salt
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    now it is all mixed in 
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    add in cubed tomatoes
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    cook till tomatoes is broken down
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    add in the mixed veggies
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    saute in the oil
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    i kept on sauteing them till the raw smell leaves from the veggies
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    add in drained rice
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    toss well so the rice gets coated in the butter and the masala
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    pour in water.  for 1 cup of rice add 1.5 cup of water
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    give everything a good mix
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    bring it to a boil
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    cover and simmer on a very low flame for 1 whistle
     or for 15 to 20 mins
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    this is how it looks once cooked
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    fluff up the rice and store in a hot case
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    enjoy
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    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. Anonymous

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      can we use normal rice instead of basmathi

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    2. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes u can use

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