Vegetable Pulav

Ingredients:-

Rice - 3 cups
Water -  6 cups (For 1 cup rice add 2 cups of water)
Bottle gourd - 1/2 (Medium size)
Onions 2 (Big size)
Green Peas - 1/2 cup (Soaked 8 hours before/Soaked night before)
Tomatoes 3 (Medium Size)
Beetroot - 1 (small size)
Carrot - 3 (Small size)

Note: Can add any vegetables of your choice like potato, beans etc.


Talimpu/Popu/Tadka/Seasoning

Oil 4 tspns 
Ghee 2 tspns
lemon - 1/2

Ginger garlic paste - 1 spoon

Curry leaves 10-12
Turmeric powder 1/4 tspn

Coriander leaves 4 stems
Salt to taste
Chilli powder - 1 tspn
Coriander powder - 3/4 tspn
Garam masala powder - 1/2 spoon

salt, chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder

Ginger Garlic paste

Garam masala powder

Serves

Three people

Procedure:-

1) Soak rice in the water.
2) Cut the Bottle gaurd/sorakaya to small pieces (an inch size).

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3) Cut the Carrot, beetroot, tomatoes and onions to small piece.

                                                    

4) In a small cooker add oil and ghee and heat it for a minute in medium flame.

5) Add all chopped vegetables with onions, tomatoes, and coriander leaves. Let them fry for 15 to 20 minutes in medium flame with lid on.

 

6) Add Turmeric, chilli powder, coriander powder, Gingergarlic paste, garam masala powder and salt to taste in the pan and mix it well.

7) Add coriander leaves and the rice with water (Rice is now soaked already). Let it heat for 5 mins on medium flame.

 

 

8) Taste the water and check whether salt is sufficient. You can add salt if required before placing the cooker lid for whistles.

9) Once the water boils put the whistle to the cooker and wait for 2 whistles.

 

10) Open the cooker lid once pressure goes off.

 

 

Yummy vegetable pulav is ready to eat.