Pulao Recipe
Pulao Recipe
This is a really easy rice and lentil dish to prepare. It is perfect for days when you want a quick, hot meal. Veggie Pulao smells so good while cooking.
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups - Basmati Rice
- 1 - Onions
- 3 tbsp - Ghee
- 1 - Carrots cut into cubes
- 1 - Potatoes cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup - Peas
- 1 cup - Cauliflower, cut into florets
- 2 tbsp - Cashew nuts
- 1 tbsp - Raisins
- Salt to Taste
- 1 Pinch - Turmeric powder
GRIND TO PASTE:
- 1 Inch - Ginger
- 5 - Garlic cloves
- 1 - Onions
- 3 - Green chilies
- 2 - Cinnamon sticks
- 3 - Cloves
- 1/4 cup - Mint leaves
- 3 - Cardamoms
PREPARATION:
- Soak rice for half an hour.
- Heat 1 Tbsp of ghee is a pan, fry cashew nuts and raisins. Keep aside.
- Heat the remaining ghee in thick bottomed vessel and fry the ground paste for 10 minutes. Add the vegetables and mix well.
- Cook until the masala separates from oil and vegetables (subzi) gets tender. Add turmeric powder.
- Add rice, salt, and four cups of water and stir well. Cover and cook until the rice is done on slow flame. Stir once a while.
- Just before serving take the rice in serving bowl, add the nuts and mix well.
- Serve vegetable (sabzi) pulao hot with raita.
