Vegetable Pulav

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Recipe Description: 

Excelent for parties and get togethers. Best served with raitha.

Serves: 
6
Ingredients: 

Vegetable Pulav
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Ingredients :

Basmati Rice 1 cup

Mint 1/4 cup

Cilantro 1/2 cup

Onions 1 NO

Ginger 1'inch piece chopped finely

Garlic 1 NO

green Chillies/serrano pepper 4 nos

Coconut 2 tsp

Vegetables

(Carrots,beans,peas,cauliflowers)1 cup

Salt Acc to taste

Cinnamon 1 piece

Cloves 1 no

Bay leaf 2 Nos

Butter/Ghee/margarine 2 tbsp

water 2 cups

cashew 1/4 cup

Bread 4 slices

Instructions: 

Soak The Basmati Rice in water for half an hour before
cooking. Wash & drain the rice.

Cut the carrots,beans lenght wise..wash peas & florets.

Wash & dry the mint & Cilantro.

Blend Mint,cilantro,ginger,garlic,whole garam masala,
serranos.coconuts & half the Onion to a fine paste.

In a rice cooker or in a pan take some butter/ghee.

AS it starts melting add bay leaf & whole garam masala.

Fry for a minute add the paste let it cook for a couple
of minutes.

Add the veges & fry for couple more minutes.

Add rice & salt.Fry it till all the rice is quoted
with ghee & spices. Add the water & cover the lid.

In a seperate pan add a little butter & fry the
cashew pieces & keep aside.

In the same pan fry the onions till it turns
translucent & brown.

Cut the bread it small cubes,deep fry them & keep
aside.

Garnish the rice with cashews,onions & bread
crotouns.

Serve hot with Yougurt salad of your choice.

Category
Course: 
Lunch or Dinner
Main Dish
Diet Type: 
Vegetarian
Preparation time: 
60mins
Cook time: 
60mins
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Comments

prathiba's picture

pulav 30.05.2010

i make this dish for parties which is ideal for veg and non veg. saves labour, tasty too.