Veg Pulao
This restaurant-style Veg Pulao is a delicious medley of rice, spices, and vegetables. Also known as Vegetable Pulao Pulav or Indian Pulao, this North Indian dish is very simple and easy to make and pairs perfectly with any raita or curry of your choice.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup Long Grain Basmati Rice
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 2-3 Cloves
- 1 inch Cinnamon
- 2 Black cardamom
- 2 Green Cardamom
- 4-5 Black peppercorns
- 2 Bay Leaves
- 1 cup Onion (Chopped)
- 1 tsp Ginger (Finely Chopped)
- 1 tsp Garlic (Finely Chopped)
- 2-3 Green Chilli (Slit into half)
- 1/4 cup Carrot (Chopped)
- 1/4 cup Beans (Chopped)
- 1/2 cup Cauliflower (Cut into small florets)
- 1/4 cup Peas
- 1/4 cup Potato (peeled and cubed)
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- 1 tsp Lemon Juice
Instructions
- 1
Wash the rice and soak it in enough water for 30 minutes.
- 2
Heat ghee in a pan.
- 3
Once the ghee is hot, add cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon, black cardamom, green cardamom, peppercorns and bay leaf and let them crackle for a few seconds.
- 4
Add onion and fry until they turn slightly brown.
- 5
Add ginger, garlic and green chilli and fry for a minute.
- 6
Now add carrot, beans, cauliflower, peas and potato and cook for a minute.
- 7
Drain the rice and add it in the pan.
- 8
Add 2 cups of water, salt, garam masala powder and lemon juice and cover and cook on low heat until all the water is absorbed and the rice is cooked.
- 9
Remove the pan from heat.
- 10
Serve hot with any raita.