Vegetable Pulao

Vegetable Pulao

Vegetable Pulao is yummy, delicious, healthy and quick to make as a meal served along with any yogurt raita or kurma curry.

This easy to make mixed vegetable pulao recipe is a spicy & aromatic main course rice dish prepared by cooking rice with various vegetables and spices. In this recipe, mix of spices, veggies and rice are first sautéed in oil and ghee and then cooked in pressure cooker.

This veg pulao recipe is a basic cooking made often in many Indian homes. Vegetable Pulao (Veg Pulav) is a must found food on the menu for Indians whether it be a function, gathering, parties, celebration, reunion, events, birthdays or buffets.

It is not only good for a regular meal or a special meal but also great idea for school & office lunch boxes.

I am making this pulao recipe in a pressure cooker to save time but if you like to cook pulao in kadai, continue the process from step 7, cover it with lid and simmer for approx. 20 minutes or until rice is cooked completely.

Vegetable Pulao

Vegetable Pulao Ingredients:

• Basmati Rice/long grain rice/extra-long grain rice - 250 - 300 gms
• Onion - 1 Big
• Tomato - 1 Medium
• Green chili - 2
• Green Bell Pepper/capsicum - 1 small
• Carrot - 1
• Peas - Hand full of
• Soya Chunks/Meal Maker - Hand full of
• Pudina/mint leaves
• Coriander leaves
• Potato - 1 Big
• Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
• Bay leaf/ Tej Patta - 3
• Shah jeera - 1 tsp
• Poppy seed/Khus Khus - 1 tsp
• Cashew
• Oil - 3 tbsp
• Water
• Garam Masala - 1 tbsp
• Salt - as per taste
• Ghee - 2 tbsp

Rice: Water = 1:2&1/2

All the measurements are approximate and can be changes according to taste.

Wash the basmati rice and soak it in water for 15 mins.

Preparation of Vegetable Pulao:

1. Fry the cashew in ghee till golden colour and keep aside.

(You can skip this step if you are using roasted cashew.)

2. Heat a kadai / wok and add oil of around 3 tbsp & ghee of 2 tbsp, to that we will add shah jeera, khus khus, bay leaves.

Fry shah jeera, khus khus, bay leaves in oil

3. To that add onion, diced potato, capsicum and green chilli and cook.

Add onion, diced potato, capsicum and green chilli 

4. Add carrot and Peas to it and give a mix. And cook for a couple of minutes.

Add carrot and Peas to it

5. Time to add fresh mint leaves, coriander leaves, Soya Chunks & tomato. Mix it.

Cook for 2 mins.

Add fresh mint leaves, coriander leaves, Soya Chunks & tomato

6. Add salt approx. 1/2 spoon & ginger garlic paste to it and mix well.

Cook for another 2 mins.

Mix salt & ginger garlic paste

Switch off the flame.

Here next I will be using pressure cooker to cook the Vegetable Pulao.

7. Now take a stainless steel patila which can be used to place in pressure cooker, fill it with a water with 2 1/2 times the cup size of rice and bring it to Rolling boil.

8. Transfer the cooked veggies from the kadai to boiling water.

Transfer the cooked veggies from the kadai to boiling water

9. Simmer the flame and add garam masala to it.

Add garam masala

10. Add soaked basmati rice and roasted cashew and salt approx. 1 spoon & mix.

(check the taste if required add the sufficient salt & garam masala)

Add soaked basmati rice and roasted cashew and salt

Give a mix and bring it to boil.

Bring it to boil

11. Switch off the flame and add the cup of water in a pressure cooker and place the patila in it and place the cooker lid on it.

Pressure cooker it

Switch on the flame and place the cooker on the stove and cook it for 4 whistles on high flame.

Vegetable Pulao

Serve Vegetable Pulao hot with vegetable raita.

Vegetable Pulao with vegetable raita

You can also prepare this pulao with normal rice in absence of basmati or long grain rice.

You may also like the other quick healthy rice recipes:

Amla Rice

Sorrel / Chukkakura & Sweet Corn Rice 

Curd rice / Daddojanam

 

Do try this Vegetable Pulao Recipe and let me know how did you liked it in the comments below.