Easy Vegetable pulao is a very simple recipe and can be made in a jiffy It is cooked with mild spices and tastes well with any north Indian gravy. This pulao is packed with vegetables and is perfect for a lunch box too. Check out my baby corn pulao, palak pulao, Millet veg pulao recipe.
Easy Vegetable pulao recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 2 cloves
- 1 cardamom
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 1 carrot
- 10 beans
- 1 potato
- ¼ cup frozen peas
- 1 onion
- 2 green chili
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 tsp ghee
- Salt as needed
- Water to cook the rice
Instructions
- Soak basmati rice in 1 and 1/ 4 cups of water. Cut the vegetables except peas into tiny pieces. Cut the onions into long thin stripes.
- Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker and add cumin seeds and all the spices one by one.
- When it splutters and gives a nice aroma add the chillies and onions. Fry till the onions turn brown.
- Be careful that it does not get burnt. Then add the chopped vegetables and saute for a few minutes.
- Then add the soaked rice keeping the water aside. Fry this for 2 mins.
- Then add the water which is used for soaking the rice. Add salt as per your taste. When the water starts boiling, close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook till 2 whistles.
- Switch off.
- Once the pressure is released open and fluff the rice.
- Enjoy with dal tadka or raita or any gravy of your choice.
Notes
- If you do not like the whole spices coming in between while eating, add 1 tsp of garam masala while sauting the vegetables.
- Vegetable pulao can be served with dal taka
Soak basmati rice in 1 and 1/ 2 cups of water. Cut the vegetables except peas into tiny pieces. Cut the onions into long thin stripes.
Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker and add cumin seeds and all the spices one by one. When it splutters and gives a nice aroma add the chillies and onions. Fry till the onions turn brown.
Be careful that it does not get burnt. Then add the chopped vegetables and saute for a few minutes.
Then add the soaked rice keeping the water aside. Fry this for 2 mins.
Then add the water which is used for soaking the rice. Add salt as per your taste. When the water starts boiling, close the lid of the pressure cooker and cook till 2 whistles.
I too make similar to this..but this raita is new to me..will try for sure..thanks for sharing 🙂
Thank u so much chitra or ur quick response.
Will try this pula in kadai like you and try the raita too,sounds good!
Thank you raji.
Hi,
fisrt time in ur blog…gud presentation…..raita sounds new to me…
My 1st visit here……ur blog & recipes looks great ……keep up the good work ……if time gets make a stop in my blog too……
Looks so good and colorful…
We can make raita using cabbage!!! I didn't know that! I only knew cucumber and onion raita. Thanks, will try this recipe.
thank u rubini for visiting my blog. Try it and surely u will enjoy
thank u pavithra
The recipe sounds yummy and the pictures look awesome jeyamma. Super blog!
hi,congrats on starting a new blog!!btw nice raita -new and different….have'nt tasted cabbage raita yet…will try it !!!
thank u so much meena for ur encouragement.
kirthika thank u for visiting my blog.
tried this recipie with guests around…there was a request for 2nd serving…it was yummy..:-)
hi jeyashree i made this i loved it…its somple n easy..thanks.
Hi
i tried this today it came out well 🙂
hi jeyashree, i came across ur site just 2 days back.(wanted to do something for gokulashtami) i have not started to do anything yet, iam just enjoying to look at your receipes.. great work. can't wait to try ur baking dishes. it looks great. keep up the good work.
Mam, ur receipes just more than awesome!!!!! was longing for a blog with traditional typical southindian dishes and atlast found urs!!!! All ur traditional recipes remember of my amma's kaimanam..Thanks a lot…
This blog is certainly useful for beginners like me…
Expecting more receipes from you…
madam….i'm a student and a home cook…i do cookin for ma passion and for ma happiness…felt very much happy wen i tried yor recipes and went succesful!!!!cheers for that..please keep updatin more vegetarian recipes…
Madam Jeyasri your webpage its like cooking dictionary for me. Its very handy. Thank you madam.
Hi Jeyashri akka,
I really like all your recipes & trying them one by one. today I made this pulavo . the rice was not cooked completely. what could have been the mistake. How can I correct it.
Thanks for the feedback Raguraman. coming to your query, either the water must be less . Always keep the cooker in medium flame for the whistle to come. If it is in high flame, whistles will come fast but rice will not be cooked.
Just sprinkle somewater and keep it covered in the pressure and put that in a small flame for 5 minutes. It will be done
Dear mam happened to c your blog while searching side dish for roti and really like your recepies and i will try one by one. Really super blog