Vegetable Pulao Recipe-How to make Vegetable Pulao -2

This is the most comforting one pot meal for me and my whole family.We all love it very much.If you do not have much time but want to prepare a quick and comforting meal, then this is a perfect choice. It is perfect for office lunch box and kids lunch box also. This time I prepared a South Indian style brinjal gravy/kulambu as a side dish for this. Believe me, the combo tasted awesome. (stay tuned for the recipe) I have already posted easy and less spicy vegetable rice before without ginger-garlic paste or tomato puree, this is slightly different from that as I have added tomato paste and ginger garlic paste to this vegetable pulao.Today let us learn how to prepare easy vegetable pulao using the pressure cooker followong this easy mixed vegetable pulao recipe-

Vegetable Pulao-How to make Vegetable Pulao

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 25 mins 
 Serves: 2
 Recipe Category: Rice/Pulao Recipes
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Basmati rice -1 cup
   Onion - 1
   Green chilli -2
   Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
   Tomato - 1 (puree it)
   Mint leaves - handful
   Mixed Vegetables
   Peas - 1/3 cup
   Lemon juice -2 tsp

   Turmeric powder - a pinch
   Chilli powder - 1 tsp
   Salt as required.

   For the seasoning

   Oil -2 tsp
   Ghee - 1 tsp
   Cinnamon -1 inch piece
   Cardamom -1
   Bay leaf -1
   Cloves -2

   For garnishing

   Coriander leaves

Preparation

Soak rice for 20 minutes. Drain the water completely and keep it aside.

Cut the vegetables lengthwise. (Vegetables I used- beans-6-7, potato -1, cauliflower-6 florets, 1/2 a carrot)

Wash cauliflower well and put it in salted hot water for 5 minutes.

Blend 1 tomato to a paste.

Method

Take a pressure cooker or a pressure pan, heat ghee + oil, add the ingredients mentioned under 'for the seasoning'.  After it splutters, add onions and saute till they turn transparent.

Add ginger garlic paste and saute for a few more minutes.

Add tomato puree, green chilli, mixed vegetables, peas, turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt, mint leaves, drained rice and saute for a few minutes.

Then add 2 cups of hot water, lemon juice and close the cooker without weight. Keep it on medium flame.

After it is half cooked, stir the contents and close the cooker with weight. Simmer for 4-5 minutes and switch it off.

Open the cooker, after the pressure subsides. Hot steaming pulao is ready to be served with side dish of your choice. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Perfect Side dish for Pulao

Potato chips

Mixed vegetable raita

Potato gravy

Cucumber raita (vellarikkai pachadi)

Paneer butter masala

Lauki kofta

Dum aloo

Brinjal gravy (South Indian style)

Do you love One pot meals just like me, then find lot of one pot meals recipes in the link below

Indian One pot meals

Note

All the recipes in Padhuskitchen has been tried and tested in my kitchen several times, so even a novice can try with confidence.

Tips for beginners- If you take 1 cup of rice, salt needed will be approximately 2 tsp. You can taste the water to check salt. If the water is slightly salty, then it will be perfect once the rice is done.

Instead of cooking directly in the cooker, transfer the contents to another vessel and pressure cook for 3 whistles. Do let me know if you have any doubts.

Stay tuned for the brinjal gravy side dish for this pulao , until then it is bye from Padhu of Padhuskitchen.