Thursday, September 6, 2007

VEGETABLE PULAO




INGREDIENTS:

1 cup rice (Basmati or plain)
2 cups warm water
1 medium onion sliced
1 small tomato chopped
1 medium potato diced
½ cup green peas
¼ cup carrot chopped
2 cloves
5-6 black pepper (whole)
1 elaichi
Oil
Salt as per taste
Coriander to garnish


METHOD:

1) Heat oil in a thick bottomed vessel. Add cloves, black pepper and let them crackle. Add sliced onion and fry till golden brown.

2) Add green peas, potatoes, carrots and stir fry till potatoes change colour. Then add tomatoes and sauté till they turn soft. Cover the vessel till the veggies are 75% cooked.

3) Add rice to this and mix well. Add warm water and salt to this. Cover the vessel again and let it cook. It takes about 7-10 mins for the pulao to be ready.


4) Alternatively the pulao can be pressure cooked in a cooker for 4 whistles (vary depending on your cooker). The only difference would be to semi cook the vegetables by just covering the cooker and not locking it.


5)Garnish with coriander and lemon pieces.

6) Serve hot with Boondi Raita, Salad, Boiled egg or Papad.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats on your new adventure Neha :). Welcome to food blogging and al the very best.

smartkitten said...

Neha , Hi! there is a quick method to cook sabudana khichdi in microwave.mix washed and soaked sabudana with shengdana koot etc along with seasoning [ except corainder and coconut ]keep in microwave for 1 minute.take it out stir well and again keep in the microwave for 1 more minute. your khichdi is ready. if you want a bit soggy one keep for 30 sec. more.

Aaswad said...

Hey Smartkitten, thanks for visiting my blog...and hey thats a real quick method to cook khichadi...will definitely try next time