Simple Vegetable Pulao

A pulao is a one pot dish of rice and vegetables or a protein cooked together with aromatics (onions, garlic, ginger etc), spices and herbs. There are many variations of making a pulao.

This is a simple vegetable Pulao recipe.

Pulao is much lighter than other rice preparations like fried rice or biryani and is usually served with other dishes with gravy. It can also be eaten on its own.

 

Note:

Tbsp = tablespoon

Chopped = chopped or cut into ½ cm pieces

 

Method

1. Prepare the basmati rice before cooking. Scoop 1 cup of rice into the rice cooker’s cooking bowl. Fill with a bit of water enough to cover the rice and rinse it with two times, discarding the water each time. Fill it up with water a third time and soak for around 30 minutes.
2. In the meantime, prepare all the onions, garlic, tomatoes, green beans and coriander leaves.
3. Heat the oil in a pan on medium flame.
4. Add mustard seeds and cumin seeds, cinnamon stick, cloves and cardamom and sauté for 2 minutes or until the seeds crackle and the spices become fragrant.
5. Add the turmeric powder, curry leaves, ginger, garlic and onions to the spice mix and sauté for 2 minutes or until they turn brown.
6. And then add the green beans and tomatoes to the pan.
7. Stir and mix all the ingredients and cook for another 2 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked.
8. Switch off the flame and keep the cooked vegetables aside.
9. Pour away the water in the cooking pot and leave the rice in the pot.
10. Measure and add 2 cups of water to the rice in the pot.
11. Transfer the cooked vegetables in the pan to the cooking pot containing the rice and water.
12. Add some salt and pepper.
13. Switch on the rice cooker.
14. The rice cooker will automatically cook the rice in 60 minutes.
15. After the pulao has finished cooking, add the coriander leaves, and let it settle for 10 minutes.
16. Scoop the pulao to the dining plates and serve hot.

 

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 60 mins

Total Time: 90 mins

 

Cuisine inspiration: Indian

 

Servings: 4

 

Ingredients

Main ingredients

1 cup Basmati Rice

2 cups water

1 onion finely sliced

1 clove garlic thinly sliced

½ tbsp ginger

5 curry leaves

1 tomato – cut into quarters

100 g long beans chopped into ½ cm pieces

¼ tbsp salt or according to taste

¼ tbsp black pepper

1 tbsp cooking oil

2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Spices

½ tbsp mustard seeds

½ tbsp cumin seeds

½ tbsp coriander powder

½ tbsp turmeric

1 pinch asafoetida (hing)

1 cinnamon stick

1 star anise

3 cloves

2 green cardamoms

Other ingredients that can be added

Carrots

Peas

Green beans

Lentils

Raisins

Roaster cashew nuts

Green chillies