Name: Spicy Vegetable Pulao
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 4 cups Basmati rice; 100 gm Beans; 100 gm Carrot; 50 gm Green peas; 1 cup Coriander leaves; 1 no Potato (medium); 1/2 cup Mint leaves (Pudhina); 8-10 Green chillies; 3 cups Coconut milk; 3 cups Water; Salt (Preferably 1 tsp for 2 cups of rice); 1/2 a Lemon juice (or 2tsp of lime juice); Ginger (Garlic paste - 2 tsp); Fennel seeds (A pinch, Perinjeerakam); 1 tsp Black cumin seeds (Shima jeerakam); 10 nos Bay leaf (Karuka ela); 3 nos Mace flower (Jathikka); 10 nos Cloves (Grambu); 2" piece Cinnamom (Karugapatta); 2 nos Cardamom (Elakka); 1 tsp Garam masala powder; 1 no Onion (medium); 1/4 cup Oil and ghee together (1 to 1 ratio)

Spicy Vegetable Pulao

Hyderabadi vegetable pulao

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Andhra

Servings people

Ingredients

4 cups Basmati rice
100 gm Beans
100 gm Carrot
50 gm Green peas
1 cup Coriander leaves
1 no Potato medium
1/2 cup Mint leaves Pudhina
8-10 Green chillies
3 cups Coconut milk
3 cups Water
Salt Preferably 1 tsp for 2 cups of rice
1/2 a Lemon juice or 2tsp of lime juice
Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsp
Fennel seeds A pinch, Perinjeerakam
1 tsp Black cumin seeds Shima jeerakam
10 nos Bay leaf Karuka ela
3 nos Mace flower Jathikka
10 nos Cloves Grambu
2" piece Cinnamom Karugapatta
2 nos Cardamom Elakka
1 tsp Garam masala powder
1 no Onion medium
1/4 cup Oil and ghee together 1 to 1 ratio

Instructions

Chop carrots, beans and potato to small sized cubes and keep them aside. Make slits in green chillies.
Make a paste of 1/4 cup mint leaf and 1/2 cup coriander leaf and keep aside.
In a pressure pan, season all the spices(cinnamom, cloves, biryani leaf, saunf, cardamom, shazeera, mace flower)and also few mint leaves(or u can grind the above spices and use).
Add onion slices and saute for a while.
Add chopped beans, carrot peas, potato and green chillies and saute for 5 minutes.
Add ginger-garlic paste, mint-coriander leaf paste and saute for 1/2 minute and then add washed,soaked(for 15 minutes) and drained basmati rice and saute for 1-2 minutes.Take care to see that the rice doesn`t get burnt in the process of sauteeing .
Add coconut milk, water, salt, lemon juice and a 1 spoon of garam masala powder and cover the lid of pressure cooker. Pressure cook for 2 whistles.(If u r preparing in rice cooker transfer all the contents to electric rice cooker and cook till done.)
Garnish with coriander leaves.
:- Serve hot with raitha.
Note : ------- 1)I prepare the coconut milk at home by heating the frozen coconut mixture with water for 5-7 minutes in a microwave or stove and strain it and just use the milk and discard the waste pulp.

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Spicy Vegetable Pulao