Vegetable Pulao: veg pulao recipe | vegetable pulao | pulao rice | veg pulav recipe with detailed photo and video recipe. an easy and simple flavoured rice recipe made with long grain rice, choice of vegetables and fresh herbs. it is one of the popular rice variants or choices for many Indians and is often served for lunch and dinner, if not for morning breakfast. the simple pulao recipes do not contain all the required flavour and spice and can be served as it is, but they taste great when served with simple yoghurt raita.
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SPICY VEGETABLE RICE
Vegetable Pulao
Long grain rice- 1 cup
Onion -3
Tomatoes-3
Green chilli-2
Garlic-5-6cloves
Cauliflower – 1 small
Peas-1/2 cup
Carrot-2
Potatoes-2
*Mushrooms-5 to 6
Whole dry fruits like almonds and cashew nuts-1/2 cup
Milk-1 cup
Saffron-few strings
Green coriander-1 cup
Salt –as per taste
Red chilli powder-1/2 tsp
Biryani powder-2tbsp
Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
Coriander powder-1/2tsp
Pure ghee-2 tbsp
Cottage cheese-250 gm
Method:
Wash and soak rice in 2 cups of water for ½ an hour. Cook rice till done.
Wash and cut cauliflower into big florets, cut carrot and potatoes into pieces, and wash peas.
Take ghee into a heavy bottom pan and heat it.
Put dry fruits and fry a little. Take it out and put garlic paste in it stir and add green chilli & chopped onion in it stir till light brown now add tomatoes and all the dry masalas including biryani masala. Mix well and cook till tomatoes turn soft and oil separates. Add all vegetables in it mix well and cover cook for 5 min until veggies turn soft.
Take a square serving dish and place white cooked rice as the first layer. Sprinkle a few dry fruits and coriander on top of it sprinkle 2 to 3 tsp saffron milk (mix saffron with milk) now put another layer of vegetable mixture. repeat same with white rice and vege layer again and end with white rice layer on top sprinkle saffron milk on top and garnish with fried cottage cheese peace and sliced onion (crisp fried) seal it with foil and bake in preheated oven for 10 min.
Serve hot with Mirchi ka salan and curd raita