08 January 2013

Instant Pulav - MTR Pulav Powder

Preparation time : 40 mins

Ingredients
  • Rice  - 1 big bowl
  • Mixed veg (Carrots, French Beans, Peas, Cauliflower - All paraboiled) - 1 cup
  • Onion - 1
  • Tomato - 2
  • MTR Pulav Powder - 2 sp
  • Oil - 6-7 sp
  • Mustard Seeds - 1/2 sp
  • Cashew  - 15
  • Salt - as per taste
  • Ghee - 2-3 sp

Method :
  1. Pressure cook  Rice and allow it to cool room temperature. To cook rice 1:2 measurement is preferred.
  2. As a part of prepreparation, cut all the vegitables Carrots, French Beans, and clean Cauliflower florrets and half boil all the veggies along with peas, drain excess water and keep it aside.
  3. Finely chop Onions and tomatoes.
  4. Heat a heavy frying pan on medium flame. Add Ghee and allow it to heat.
  5. Add Cashwes and fry until light brown, remove and keep it aside.
  6. To the same frying pan, add Oil, once Oil is heated add Mustard Seeds and allow to splutter.
  7. Add Finley chopped Onions and fry for few mins unitl they are transparent.
  8. Add Finely chopped Tomatoes and cook covered on low flame until they are soft.
  9. Simmer the flame and add half cooked vegetables (from step 2) and cooked rice (from Step 1), Salt and MTR Plav powder to the frying pan and mix well
  10. Add fried cashwes from step 5, mix well and serve. I find its very easy and very instant  to prepare than the regular method and must say very very yummy!!!
Adding Cashwes is optional but I would love to add them.