Vegetable Pulao Recipe
Cooked in fragrant spices and served with boondi raita, this vegetable pulao recipe makes a complete meal. It is comforting and easy to make recipe..
Servings 2
Equipment
- Instant Pot
- or Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 200 gms Basmati Rice (soaked for 1 hr)
- 200 ml Water to cook rice
Whole spices
- 2 inch Cinnamom stick
- 6 Cardamom
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- 6 Cloves
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 2 Bay leaves
Veggies & other add ins
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- ¼ cup mint leaves 25- 30 leaves
- ¼ cup cilantro leaves
- ½ cup green peas
- 1 - 1½ cup veggies (carrots, green beans, cauliflower etc..)
- 4- 6 Green Chiles 4 for medium and 6 for spicy levels
- ¼ cup Cashews
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Soak basmati rice for atleast 30 mins to 1 hour.
- Set Instant Pot to saute mode and add oil+ ghee. Saute whole spices.
- Add onions and ginger garlic paste. fry for till aromatic and onions are translucent.
- Add veggies , peas, mint leaves, cilantro, yogurt and fry for 2 mins.
- Add water , adjust salt to taste, water has to be salty than normal. Add rice and pressure cook for 6 minutes.
- Release pressure and serve warm with chioce of raita.
Notes
For pressure cooker :
Cook for 2 whistles.
Water and rice ratio is 1 : 1 , It is mandatory to soak rice for this recipe.
If avoiding to soak rice add 1.5 cups water for every cup of rice.
The recipe can be doubled or tripled..