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November 20, 2009

EASY VEGETABLE PULAO / VEG PULAO RECIPE

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I don’t remember the source for this recipe but its really an easy to make,delicious rice variety.I usually prepare this for my husband’s lunch box .Tastes great with simple onion raita..So here we go ,


Veg pulao 1

Ingredients :
  • Basmati rice – 1/2 cup
  • Water –  1 cup (Little less than 1 cup for fluffy rice)
  • Carrot , beans , peas and potato – 1 cup (chopped )
  • Green chilly - 2 nos (slit cut )
  • Ginger – 1 inch size (Chopped finely )
  • Garlic – 5 flakes( –do-) OR use ginger. garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • Big onion –1 no (-do-)
  • Cinnamon – a small stick
  • Cloves – 2 nos
  • Cardamom – 1 no
  • Bay leaf – A small leaf
  • Jeera – 1/4 tsp (optional)
  • Oil – 2 tbsp
  • Ghee – 2 tsp 
  • Roasted cashew – to garnish
Method :
  • Wash and chop all the veggies and set aside.
  • Wash and soak the rice in required water.(i soaked for 30 mins)Do not drain the water.
  • In a broad kadai , add oil , jeera and the spices in the same order.
  • Add the ginger , garlic pieces ..saute well and then add the finely chopped onions,  slit green chillies.Saute till it becomes transparent.
  • Finally add the chopped vegetables and the required salt.
  • Mix well and add the rice with soaked water.(the water should be 1 cup )
  • Transfer everything into a cooker and add 2 tsp of ghee to it.
  • Cover and Cook for 1 whistle.
Serve hot with raita !!




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36 comments :

Raks said...

I too make same way some times,today i made ;) Lovely picture!!

priya said...

wow..looks very nice and yummy...great information, dear!

Home Cooked Oriya Food said...

looks so yum.. I love these 1 pot dishes...

Suparna said...

wowie !! easy one really! looks great and sure would be superb with raita dear!! ur posts are great source of info..keep it up!!
TC

Priya Suresh said...

Wow gorgeous clicks, looks too easy and superb Chitra..

Vidya Rao said...

Wow..thats a quick jump to tasty rice!Looks yum too...

gtyuk said...

vegetable raita looks so perfect; colourful and appetizing!

Latha said...

Colourful veg pulao.....My version coming soon :).

Tina said...

Attractive and delicious......so yummyyyyy.

Finla said...

Each grain has seperated so beautifully and the pulao looks so so yumm.

Shri said...

Lovely one, Chitra!I just love the pic and I wish I could have that right now:)

prasu said...

good info, dear...thanks for sharing ...humm...rice looks really delicious and healthy.

Gita Jaishankar said...

Nice information and awesome picture :)

Sailaja Damodaran said...

Nice click....its really tempting.

Pavithra Kodical said...

Pulao looks delcious... Nice click :)

Padma said...

Beautiful click Chitra... rice looks delicious... perfect with raita

Saraswathy Balakrishnan said...

Very delicious looking pulva Chitra :)

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

I also make it the same way delicious and lovely click

Ash said...

Easy!!! on the real..... The look is too delicious & yummy.... What a pic u have captured of this beautifully cooked pulao..... Each grain to be shown & seen..... I'm simply nuts over u......... Got to award u for that.... :-)

SPLENDID!!!!!!!!!!!

Ash....
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

yummy pulao.very colurful and healthy too i too make this often.
One pot meal

Rekha shoban said...

nice click and delicious.

chakhlere said...

lovely pulav. Nice post and info.

Cham said...

It is gorgeous the pulav!

Unknown said...

lovely picture..i love the rice grains ...seperate ..just perfect..

Sreelekha Sumesh said...

Beautiful pic Chitra..looks wonderful..

Chitra said...

Thanks a lot friends for ur encouraging and sweet comments :)

Valarmathi Sanjeev said...

Colorful and yummy pulao, nice click.

Parita said...

Perfect! thats the only word which comes to my mind...its simply perfect!

radha said...

I'm sure you received a call in appreciation after lunch break. Looks yummy. Simple too.

GEETHA ACHAL said...

சூப்பர்ப்..மிகவும் அருமையாக இருக்கின்றது...

my kitchen said...

I will do in similar way,looks tempting chitra

Malar Gandhi said...

Lovely color, probably I love veg pulav more than veg biriyani I guess. This is very good presentation, I could eat the whole bowl:)

Anupama said...

Fabulous pic.. everything just falls perfectly in its place... the color combo, the consistency of the cooked rice etc etc...

Swarna said...

That was one lovely picture you got.. very nice presentation..first time here and I am glad to follow u .. pls do visit mine.

Namitha said...

Fabulous and colorful...:-)

Laavanya said...

wow.. that looks so perfect & tempting.