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Easy Vegetable Pulao Recipe – Pressure Cooker Method

June 7, 2010 by Sharmilee J 52 Comments

Finally the drizzles are here and I’m loving the climate completely hope this continues for the coming days as well……Had a busy week both at work and home.More busy days ahead, so am trying to keep myself prepared for them.
Coming to todays recipe vegetable pulao : This is a easy and filling one pot meal….It just needs raita to finish off the bowl. Only chopping the veggies is time consuming and even for that my chopper comes to the rescue 🙂 If thats ready this pulao can be done in a jiffy.
Vegetable Pulao Recipe


Vegetable Pulao Recipe – Ingredients
:

  • Basmati Rice – 1 cup
  • Onion – 1 medium sized chopped lengthwise
  • Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
  • Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Mint leaves – few (around 10)
  • Vegetables of ur choice – almost 1/2 cup[I used 2 carrots, 2 beans and handful of peas]
  • Water – 1.5 cups
  • Salt – to taste
To temper:
  • Cloves – 2
  • Cinnamon – 1 inch stick
  • Bayleaf – a small leaf
  • Green Chilli – 2 slitted
  • Oil – 1 tbsp
  • Ghee – 1 tbsp

Vegetable Pulao/Pulav RecipeMethod:
1. Rinse rice well twice atleast and soak in water for 30mins set aside.In a pressure cooker, Heat a ghee and oil, add bayleaf, gingergarlic paste, onions.Fry for 2-3 minutes.Now add the onion, green chillies , mint leaves and fry for few mins. Then add the chopped veggies.
Vegetable Pulao/Pulav Recipe
2. Add garam masala powder, fry for 2mins then drain water from rice and add it. Fry for 2mins and then mix well until combined. Add required salt.
Vegetable Pulao/Pulav Recipe
3. Now add exactly 1.5 cups of water and allow it to boil. Close and pressure cook it for 3-4 whistles in medium flame. Open and fluff it with a fork carefully without breaking the rice. Garnish with ghee if required.
Vegetable Pulao/Pulav Recipe
The aroma of ghee with vegetables in rice…..hmm yummmmy!! I am not a fan of restaurant pulaos becos most of them have strong flavours of the spices….I like mine to be less flavoured and thats the reason I started trying out pulaos at home 🙂

Vegetable Pulao/Pulav RecipeMy Notes:
  • Dont add more mint leaves as the flavour will be strong.
  • You can also add other vegetables like potato and cauliflower.
Vegetable Pulao/Pulav Recipe

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Comments

  1. Kairali sisters says

    June 7, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    ohw wow..looks delish!!!!pulav looks perfect..

    Love
    Kairali sisters

    Reply
  2. RAKS KITCHEN says

    June 7, 2010 at 3:09 pm

    Looks very nice and neat presentation sharmilee,Loved that kadai 😉 Pretty!

    Reply
  3. Asha says

    June 7, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    Pretty looking dish, great with spicy gravy dishes. Looks good.

    Reply
  4. Priti says

    June 7, 2010 at 3:31 pm

    Nice pic…so neat …pulav looks just yum

    Reply
  5. Nostalgia says

    June 7, 2010 at 4:29 pm

    Looks great!

    Reply
  6. Cooking Blog Indexer says

    June 7, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    very nice pic….you made pulav preparation simple and easy..thanks for sharing

    Reply
  7. Nitha says

    June 7, 2010 at 5:50 pm

    looks perfect.. colourful too..

    Reply
  8. Geetha Achal says

    June 7, 2010 at 6:12 pm

    Superb recipe…looks tempting..

    Reply
  9. Shabitha Karthikeyan says

    June 7, 2010 at 7:43 pm

    Lovely pulao..awesome pic too..

    Reply
  10. Rachana Kothari says

    June 7, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    Pulav looks so delicious!

    Reply
  11. Preeti Kashyap says

    June 7, 2010 at 9:07 pm

    My fav lunch box item…I love the pic! Looks so perfect!

    Reply
  12. Chetana Suvarna Ganatra says

    June 7, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    Hey i too like to toss tis quick pulav…saves me fm burning myself in de kitchen.
    Like ur presentation….the pulav looks soo tempting n inviting.

    Reply
  13. Cham says

    June 8, 2010 at 4:34 am

    Love ur presentation and simply delicious rice!

    Reply
  14. Sonia says

    June 8, 2010 at 4:42 am

    Wow…your pulav looks so neat and beautiful, Sharmi. Nice and easy recipe to follow. Presentation is so good. 🙂

    Reply
  15. Jaisy James says

    June 8, 2010 at 6:52 am

    woow looks perfect dear do visit my blog and post ur comments if u get time

    http://entepachakasala.blogspot.com

    Reply
  16. Priya says

    June 8, 2010 at 7:22 am

    Lovely presentation and tempting dish..

    Reply
  17. suma says

    June 8, 2010 at 8:28 am

    Perfect pulav, would love a huge plate of this:-))

    Reply
  18. Sarah Naveen says

    June 8, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    nice click..pulao looks delicious and i wanna gobble up now…

    Reply
  19. Lavi says

    June 8, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    Pulao uthiri uthri ya super a vanthirukku!!
    Love the pic too!!

    Reply
  20. Sharmilee! :) says

    June 9, 2010 at 2:01 am

    @Lavi : Thank you! Elam raji sona tip than 30misn soaking and rice water ratio I used…..It works everytime!!

    Reply
  21. Varsha Vipins says

    June 9, 2010 at 3:44 am

    I'll pick those cashews n eat on first place..beautiful pics..enjoy the rains sharmi..:)
    xo

    Reply
  22. Parita says

    June 9, 2010 at 7:37 am

    Mmmm pulao looks so inviting..i m coming to your home soon 🙂

    Reply
  23. Subhashini says

    June 9, 2010 at 10:05 am

    Hi
    First time in your space.I loved your blog and recipes.gonna follow you

    Reply
  24. Neha says

    June 10, 2010 at 4:54 pm

    nice recipe…wonderful pics

    Reply
  25. Sukanya Ramkumar says

    June 10, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    Hi….
    First time in here…. U have a wonderful blog. Loved all ur recipes. Nice pics…. Loved ur vegetable pulav, my fav….

    Reply
  26. RAKS KITCHEN says

    June 11, 2010 at 4:48 am

    Congrats 😉

    Reply
  27. M D says

    June 11, 2010 at 8:07 am

    Drizzles give the most wanted relief from the unending summers! Your pulao looks deliciously good. And loved these clicks too. 🙂

    Reply
  28. Suja Sugathan says

    June 11, 2010 at 6:34 pm

    Pulao looks delicious..beautiful clicks.

    Reply
  29. FoodLovers says

    June 12, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    pulao looks yummy dear and yet nice click

    Reply
  30. Sandhya Hariharan says

    June 16, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    So beautiful and perfect… thanks for dropping by:)

    Reply
  31. rajushank says

    March 13, 2011 at 9:44 am

    Hi,

    I just tried out your recipe today. It came out really well. Thanks a lot!

    – Raju

    Reply
  32. Latha sreedhar says

    February 19, 2012 at 2:21 pm

    Try to add coconut milk in place of water as if u use 4 cups of water add 1 cup of coconut milk and 3 glasses of water and try the same recipe it will be divine.

    Reply
  33. വിനീത് ഇ വി says

    March 23, 2012 at 7:03 pm

    I made the pulao for the first time in my life….
    Thanks a lot for the wonderful explanation….

    Vineeth

    Reply
  34. Parvathy says

    May 16, 2013 at 7:34 am

    Could you please advice about the use of celery and spring onions in rice or other dishes

    Reply
    • Sharmilee! :) says

      May 16, 2013 at 11:11 am

      You can use it for parathass, fried rice / noodles etc

      Reply
  35. selvi says

    May 5, 2014 at 6:13 am

    Hi Sharmi
    I tried this pulao today. Yummy and tasty. I started cooking four months back. I always refer to your recipes for cooking.
    selvi

    Reply
  36. harini says

    June 25, 2014 at 6:57 am

    hi sharmi, simple and delicious pulao.u said that u use a chopper to cut veggies.can u please tell what it is and where did u get it.because i like all those small kitchen gadgets .and could u please share with us what other gadgets u have.hope u reply.
    harini

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      June 25, 2014 at 8:24 am

      I have a vegetable chopper its a local brand got from rathna stores….But I dont use it, I just chop the veggies using my knife

      Reply
  37. Shobana Rathi says

    July 21, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    yummmy

    Reply
  38. Shobana Rathi says

    July 21, 2014 at 9:29 pm

    yummy

    Reply
  39. Mubarak Khan says

    August 9, 2014 at 8:03 am

    Pls post the chennai marriege briyani
    Differnt taste

    Reply
  40. Sindhuja PD says

    October 20, 2014 at 5:30 am

    Nicezz

    Reply
  41. sowmiya sabarinath says

    January 26, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    the pulao i think less spicy for more spicy wat i have to add

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      January 26, 2015 at 4:22 pm

      You can try adding green chillies n pepper

      Reply
  42. smitha bhandari says

    October 7, 2015 at 7:20 am

    I never knew pulao was this simple to cook.. Thank you.:) i have become a big fan of your blog.. Keep up the good work, and help ametures like me..??

    Reply
  43. Unknown says

    June 4, 2016 at 12:45 am

    Hey sharmi,

    If soaked for 30 min…and cooked for 4 whistles won't it be mushy?

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      June 5, 2016 at 5:19 am

      It depends on your cooker and the rice variety…I usually do this only.Alsosoaked rice will not stick

      Reply
  44. Deeptha says

    July 6, 2017 at 7:22 pm

    Hi.. what brand vegetable chopper do you use?

    Reply
    • Sharmilee J says

      July 16, 2017 at 7:42 am

      I use knife 🙂

      Reply
  45. Saranya says

    January 9, 2018 at 12:39 am

    Hi sharmi
    I have been following your recipes for many years. Your pictures are really awesome. I am here to clear my doubts. The background of every image is different and looks pretty cool. Do you have too many collections of them or you use photoshop for changing the background images. Please do help me because am planning to start my food blog

    Reply
    • Sharmilee J says

      January 15, 2018 at 11:32 am

      Thank you! They are mats, cloth napkins and boards.Yes I do have a collection of them 🙂

      Reply
      • Saranya says

        January 17, 2018 at 11:11 am

        Awesome.

        Reply

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