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    Vegetable Cashew Pulao Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Vegetable Cashew Pulao Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a Indian Style Rice dish where rice is cooked with spices, cashew nuts and vegetables.

    Vegetable Cashew Pulao

    This is what i made for lunch today, it was so yum. I couldn't wait longer to share with you all. 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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    Ingredients for Vegetable Cashew Pulao

    • Basmati Rice - 2 cup ( I used India Gate)
    • Oil - 2 tbsp
    • Butter - 2 tbsp
    • 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 tbsp
    • 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
     
    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

    How to Make Vegetable Cashew Pulao

    1. Heat oil and butter in a pressure cooker. Add in cashews and whole spices. Saute till cashews turn golden.
    2. Now add in onions, green chillies and saute till golden.
    3. Add in salt and ginger garlic paste. Saute for a min or so.
    4. Then add in tomatoes and cook till it turns mushy,
    5. Add in veggies and mix well. Saute for 5 to 7 mins till raw smell leaves.
    6. Add in drained rice and mix well.
    7. Pour in water and bring it to a boil.
    8. 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.
    9. Open the cooker, fluff the rice and serve.
     

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    Vegetable Cashew Pulao Recipe

    Vegetable Cashew Pulao Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a Indian Style Rice dish where rice is cooked with spices, cashew nuts and vegetables.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 500kcal

    Ingredients

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

    Instructions

    • 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.
    • Then 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.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 500kcal | Carbohydrates: 84g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 65mg | Potassium: 362mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 274IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Vegetable Cashew Pulao Recipe Step by Step

     
    Take all your ingredients
     
     
    I soaked my basmati rice for nearly 1 hour
    I used a variety of mixed veggies like carrots, potato, 
    capsicum, cauliflower and celery
    In a pressure cooker, add in oil
    add in some butter
    now add in the whole spices, i have cinnamon, bay leaf, cardamom, fennel seeds, cumin seeds and mace
    add in a handful of cashews
    saute them for a while
    now add in onions and green chillies
    saute them well
    cook till the onions turn golden
    add in ginger garlic paste
    season with salt
    now it is all mixed in 
    add in cubed tomatoes
    cook till tomatoes is broken down
    add in the mixed veggies
    saute in the oil
    i kept on sauteing them till the raw smell leaves from the veggies
    add in drained rice
     
    toss well so the rice gets coated in the butter and the masala
    pour in water.  for 1 cup of rice add 1.5 cup of water

     

    give everything a good mix
    bring it to a boil
    cover and simmer on a very low flame for 1 whistle
     or for 15 to 20 mins
    this is how it looks once cooked
    fluff up the rice and store in a hot case
    enjoy
     
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      can we use normal rice instead of basmathi

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      @Anonymousyes u can use

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