Tawa pulav

PREP TIME

15 mins

COOK TIME

20 mins

TOTAL TIME

35 mins

  

 

Serves 3-4 people

Ingredients:

• 2 cups basmati rice, cooked
• 1 medium sized onion, chopped
• 4-5 cloves garlic
• 2 inch ginger, grated
• 1/2 cup peas
• 2 carrot, small cubes
• 1 cup French beans, small pieces
• 1 small potato, small cubes
• 1/2 capsicum, small cubes
• 2 tomatoes, small cubes
• 1/2 cup cauliflower, small cubes (optional)
• 1/2 cup paneer, small cubes (optional)
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• 2-3 tsp red chilly powder
• 2-3 tsp turmeric powder
• 2-3 pav bhaji masala
• Cilantro 
• 4 Tbsp oil
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 2 tsp - Cumin seeds or Jeera
• 2-3 tsp - Hing
• 2 tsp - Dhaniya powder
• 2 tsp - Jeera powder 
• Salt to taste

Preparation:

1. Peel and crush the garlic cloves. Keep it aside
2. Chop the cilantro. Keep it aside
3. Chop all the vegetables and grate the ginger
4. In a pan/kadhai, heat oil. Take a big kadhai sufficient to hold the cooked rice and the vegetables
5. Once hot add jeera seeds and allow to splutter
6. Now add turmeric powder and hing
7. Then add garlic, ginger and roast till raw taste is gone
8. Now add chopped onions and sauté well until golden brown
9. Add chopped capsicum and sauté 
10. Now add beans, carrot, peas, potato and little salt and cook with closed lid, until the vegetables are cooked well
11. Now add the cauliflower and paneer and sauté until cooked
12. Now add tomatoes and sauté again
13. Once the tomatoes are well cooked add pav bhaji masala, red chili powder and sauce till the oil separates out
14. Now add cooked rice, salt and mix well. 
15. Turn off the flame and add lemon juice and cilantro
16. Sever hot with any type of raita