Veg pulao/Vegetable pulao recipe

 Vegetable pulao is very simple recipe and can be made in a jiffy It is cooked with mild spices and tastes well with any north indian gravy. This pulao is packed with vegetables and perfect one for lunch box too. Check out my baby corn pulaopalak pulao recipe.

PREPARATION TIME: 10 MINUTES |COOKING TIME: 20 MINUTES |SERVES:2

Here comes the recipe of this:

INGREDENTS

BASMATI RICE1 CUP
CLOVE2 NOs.
CARDOMOM1 NO.
CUMIN SEEDS1/2 TSP
CARROT1NO.
BEANSFEW
POTATO1 NO.(OPTIONAL)
PEAS1 FISTFUL
ONION1 NO
GREEN CHILLI2 NOs.
OIL2 TBSLP
GHEE1 TSP

Vegetable Pulao

Soak basmati rice in 1 and 1/ 2 cups of water.Cut the vegetables except peas into tiny pieces. Cut the onions into long thin stripes.
Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker and add jeeragam and all the spices one by one. When it splutters and gives a nice aroma add the chillies and onions.Fry till the onions turns brown.
onions

Be careful that it should not get burnt. Then add the chopped vegetables and saute for few minutes.
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Then add the soaked rice keeping the water aside. Fry this for 2 mins.
Veg puloa

Then add the water which is used for soaking the rice.Add salt as per your taste. When the water starts boiling , close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook till 2 whistles.
veg pulao

I served with cabbage raita. The recipe for this raita :
Cabbage  finely chopped 1 handful
Capsicum cut into cubes  few
Onion  1 no. cut into thin stripes
Heat a kadai and add a very little oil and add cabbage and capsicum.
Fry for 2 mins. Transfer it to a bowl. Then add the chopped onions.
Add curd before serving and garnish with coarsely grounded cumin powder.
Enjoy the food.

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