10 December 2010

Veg Pulav

Preparation time: 30 mins


Ingredients:
  • Rice - 1 cup
  • Green peas - 1 small bowl
  • Onion - 1 medium
  • Carrot - 1 medium
  • Green beans - 12 - 15
  • Potato - 1 medium
  • Cashews - 10
  • Mint leaves - 1 small bowl
  • Cinnamon - 1 inch
  • Cloves - 5
  • Cardamom - 1or 2
  • Ginger - 1inch
  • Garlic - 7 cloves
  • Grated Coconut -1 small bowl
  • Green Chilies - 7
  • Fresh Coriander leaves - 1 small bowl
  • Fresh Curd - 1 bowl
  • Cucumber - 1/2 bowl
  • Tomato - 2
  • Mustard seed - 1sp
  • Curry leaves - 10
  • Oil - 7 sp
  • Bay leaves -1
  • Ghee - 3sp
  • Garam masala - 1 sp
  • Salt to taste

Method:
1. To Prepare masala
  • Heat 2sp oil in a pan, add cinnamon and cloves  fry well
  • Add green chilies, curry leaves and pudina/mint leaves fry well
  • In a Mixer jar add all fried ingredients, grated coconut, coriander leaves, ginger and garlic, add required amount of water to make thick paste.

2. Making of pulav
  • Heat 5 sp oil and 3 sp ghee in thick bottom pressure cooker; add mustard seed allow to pop well. Add cardamom. Add cashews and fry until light brown. 
  • Add bay leaves curry leaves followed by thinly sliced onion and fry until they are transparent.
  • Add Green peas fry for a while; add the 1 inch sliced carrots, green beans and potatoes fry for 2 mins.
  • Add 1 sliced tomatoes and fry for another 2 mins.
  • Add the rice which is soaked for 30 mins. fry for a while.(Pulav tastes best with basmati rice or it can be 1:1 of basmati and ordinary rice)
  • Add masala prepared in step No.1 and fry for 2 mins. Add required quantity of water (1:2), salt to taste and pressure cook until 2-3 whistles. Wait until pressure comes down, Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves and serve with curd raita prepared in step 3.

    3. To Prepare Curd raita:
    • Take Fresh curd in a bowl.
    • Add finely Chopped onion(1 small), Cucumber, Tomato (1 medium). and greed chilies(3)
    • For seasoning heat 2 sp oil in a pan, and 1/4sp mustard seed, curry leaves and add to curd
    • Add finely chopped coriander leaves and salt to taste(1/4sp). Garnish with garam masala and red chili powder. 

    Ps: You can also place cinnamon, cardamom and cloves in a muslin cloth and form small not and drop it when water is boiling in pressure cooker.Later you can remove this knot. 

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