Veg Pulao Recipe

If you like outdoor eating, you must have tasted veg pulao, an important dish in most restaurants in India serving veg food. Why not try it at home? Though generally made at special occasions, it can easily be made on normal days also. Here is the Veg Pulao Recipe to try at home.

Ingredient

• Basmati Rice: 200 gram
• Peas (peeled seeds): ½ cup
• Capsicum: 1
• Ghee: 2 tablespoon
• Coriander Leaves: 100 gram
• Green Chilies: 2
• Ginger: 1 inch long
• Cloves: 4
• Black Pepper: 8
• Cardamom: 3
• Cinnamon: 1 piece
• Salt: To taste

Method

1. Wash rice and let it soak for half an hour in water.
2. Cut capsicum in small pieces and remove the seeds.
3. Chop coriander leaves and grind them with green chilies in a mixer. Use water to grind them finely to make a paste.
4. Take out the seeds from cardamom. Batter cardamom seeds, black pepper and cinnamon.
5. Heat the ghee in a cooker. Put battered spices in it and fry a little.
6. Now add peas, capsicum and ginger. Fry the mixture for 2 minutes.
7. Now add rice and the paste of coriander and green chilies. Stir and fry for 3 more minutes.
8. Add water and salt. Cover the lid of the cooker and let the ingredients boil.
9. Turn off the gas burner after the first whistle. Let the rice cook under pressure.
10. Open the lid after about 10 minutes and breathe in the sweet aroma of veg pulao.