”Veg Pulao” is a recipe which is easy to make and loved by all rice lovers. It can be served as a rice dish along with raita or can be quick fix dinner recipe as well. I have used a lot of vegetables keeping kids in mind and you can add your choice of veggies for variations.
Serves: 3-4
Preparation time: 5-8 mins.
Cooking time: 15-20 mins.
Ingredients:
1 medium sized onion( sliced)
1 carrot (chopped)
4-5 broccoli florets
1 potato (cubed)
¼ cup green capsicum / bell pepper
¼ cup green peas
2 cup cooked white rice (basmati rice preferred)
½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
3-4 cloves
2 black cardamom
2 tej patta / bay leaf
Salt to taste
1 inch cinnamon stick
5-6 black peppercorns
2 teaspoons ghee /clarified butter
Directions:
- Cook 2 cups of rice with 4 cups of water in a saucepan and bring to boil. Simmer while you stir and rice is cooked al dante.
- Strain the rice and keep aside.
- Heat oil in the pan, add in cumin seeds and other spices: bay leaf, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon stick.
- Once they begin to splutter, add in peppercorns and then sliced onion and saute until golden brown.
- Now, add in vegetables of your choice and add salt. Cover and cook until vegetables turn tender yet crisp.
- Now, stir in cooked rice and mix gently.
- Serve hot immediately with your choice of raita.
Raita recipes you might like to try with this:
Tips:
- Cooked rice can be refrigerated for few minutes before adding into the recipe. This avoids rice dish getting mushy while cooking.
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