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 – 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
Method:
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.
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.
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.
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 🙂
My Notes:- Dont add more mint leaves as the flavour will be strong.
- You can also add other vegetables like potato and cauliflower.
Kairali sisters
ohw wow..looks delish!!!!pulav looks perfect..
Love
Kairali sisters
RAKS KITCHEN
Looks very nice and neat presentation sharmilee,Loved that kadai 😉 Pretty!
Asha
Pretty looking dish, great with spicy gravy dishes. Looks good.
Priti
Nice pic…so neat …pulav looks just yum
Nostalgia
Looks great!
Cooking Blog Indexer
very nice pic….you made pulav preparation simple and easy..thanks for sharing
Nitha
looks perfect.. colourful too..
Geetha Achal
Superb recipe…looks tempting..
Shabitha Karthikeyan
Lovely pulao..awesome pic too..
Rachana Kothari
Pulav looks so delicious!
Preeti Kashyap
My fav lunch box item…I love the pic! Looks so perfect!
Chetana Suvarna Ganatra
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.
Cham
Love ur presentation and simply delicious rice!
Sonia
Wow…your pulav looks so neat and beautiful, Sharmi. Nice and easy recipe to follow. Presentation is so good. 🙂
Jaisy James
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Priya
Lovely presentation and tempting dish..
suma
Perfect pulav, would love a huge plate of this:-))
Sarah Naveen
nice click..pulao looks delicious and i wanna gobble up now…
Lavi
Pulao uthiri uthri ya super a vanthirukku!!
Love the pic too!!
Sharmilee! :)
@Lavi : Thank you! Elam raji sona tip than 30misn soaking and rice water ratio I used…..It works everytime!!
Varsha Vipins
I'll pick those cashews n eat on first place..beautiful pics..enjoy the rains sharmi..:)
xo
Parita
Mmmm pulao looks so inviting..i m coming to your home soon 🙂
Subhashini
Hi
First time in your space.I loved your blog and recipes.gonna follow you
Neha
nice recipe…wonderful pics
Sukanya Ramkumar
Hi….
First time in here…. U have a wonderful blog. Loved all ur recipes. Nice pics…. Loved ur vegetable pulav, my fav….
RAKS KITCHEN
Congrats 😉
M D
Drizzles give the most wanted relief from the unending summers! Your pulao looks deliciously good. And loved these clicks too. 🙂
Suja Sugathan
Pulao looks delicious..beautiful clicks.
FoodLovers
pulao looks yummy dear and yet nice click
Sandhya Hariharan
So beautiful and perfect… thanks for dropping by:)
rajushank
Hi,
I just tried out your recipe today. It came out really well. Thanks a lot!
– Raju
Latha sreedhar
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.
വിനീത് ഇ വി
I made the pulao for the first time in my life….
Thanks a lot for the wonderful explanation….
Vineeth
Parvathy
Could you please advice about the use of celery and spring onions in rice or other dishes
Sharmilee! :)
You can use it for parathass, fried rice / noodles etc
selvi
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
harini
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
SHARMILEE J
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
Shobana Rathi
yummmy
Shobana Rathi
yummy
Mubarak Khan
Pls post the chennai marriege briyani
Differnt taste
Sindhuja PD
Nicezz
sowmiya sabarinath
the pulao i think less spicy for more spicy wat i have to add
SHARMILEE J
You can try adding green chillies n pepper
smitha bhandari
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..??
Unknown
Hey sharmi,
If soaked for 30 min…and cooked for 4 whistles won't it be mushy?
SHARMILEE J
It depends on your cooker and the rice variety…I usually do this only.Alsosoaked rice will not stick
Deeptha
Hi.. what brand vegetable chopper do you use?
Sharmilee J
I use knife 🙂
Saranya
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
Sharmilee J
Thank you! They are mats, cloth napkins and boards.Yes I do have a collection of them 🙂
Saranya
Awesome.