Quick & Easy Pulao
| Number of servings: 4 |
 Pulav with Tomato Raita. |
The word Pulao comes from the Persian word "pullo" which describes any rice that is cooked with spices and herbs, meat, poultry, sea-food, vegetables and lot of other ingredients. This is tasty, easy and quick to make. I am sure that you will love it. |
| List of ingredients: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Qty | Measure | Ingredient | Wt.(gms) |
| For Masala | |||
| 2 teaspoon | red chili powder | 16 | |
| 4 Teaspoon | coriander powder | 20 | |
| 1/2 teaspoon | garam masala | 6.3 | |
| 1/4 teaspoon | turmeric | 2.2 | |
| 1 teaspoon | sugars | 2.5 | |
| To taste | salt | 6 | |
| Vegetables | |||
| 1/2 cup (75gms) | peas green | 145 | |
| 1/2 cup, strips or slices | carrots | 122 | |
| 1/2 cup (82gms) | lima beans or double beans | 82 | |
| 1/2 cup, cut into small strips | green beans | 55 | |
| For pulav | |||
| 2 cup | basmati rice | 158 | |
| 1 | cardamom | 2 | |
| 1 stick | cinnamon | 30 | |
| 4 - 5 | cloves | 2.1 | |
| Few | cashew nuts | 8.6 | |
| 1 leaf (4gms) | bay leaves | 4 | |
| 1 cup (60gms) | mint leaves | 60 | |
| 4 Cups | water | 29.57 | |
| Cooking procedure |
|---|
| 1. Wash rice and spread it on paper. Peel one elachi(not full) and put it in rice and let
rice dry for 10 minutes. 2. Heat pressure cooker with 3 tsp of ghee and 3 tsp of oil. Once its hot add clove, cinnamon, cashew, mint leaves and fry for few mintutes. 3. Add vegetables and fry for 3 minutes. 3. Add masala powders and fry till vegetables are coated (approximatelt fry for 3 minutes). 4. Add rice and fry for 2 minutes. 5. Add water and close the lid. Keep in medium flame without weight for 5 minutes and then keep weight for 3 minutes. 6. Once steam is gone, transfer into different vessel and put lemon juice and decorate with chopped coriander leaves. 7. Serve with tomato raita. |
| Any additional information: |
| Pulao would taste good if you use fresh vegetables instead of frozen vegetabless because
when you are using frozen vegetables all vegetables gets mashed. It also tastes great next day. |
| Other recipes that go well with this one: | Yogurt Chutney Tomato Raita |
