Vegetable Pulav/Pulao using MTR powder

I had posted two Vegetable Pulav/Pulao recipes earlier – the regular Vegetable Pulav/Pulao one and the other which was Coconut based. I tried a variation of this Pulav/Pulao recipe using MTR Pulav/Pulao powder available in the retail store. It came out quite well.

Vegetable Pulav/Pulao using MTR powder

Vegetable Pulao/Vegetable Pulav Ingredients:

MTR Pulav/Pulao Powder – 2 tsp
Rice – 1 cup
Beans – 15 pieces
Carrot – 2
Potato – 1 big sized
Peas – 1/2 cup
Cauliflower – 10 florets (optional)
Chopped Green Chillies – 2
Onions – 1 medium sized chopped
Ginger + Garlic paste – 1 tsp
Cashew Nuts – 10-12
Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp
Jeera or Cumin Seeds – 1/2 tsp
Sugar – 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves – 5-8
Salt
Lemon Juice – 1 tsp
Ghee or Clarified Butter – 1 tsp
Oil – 3 tsp
Water – 2 cup
Coriander Leaves / Cilantro

Raita Ingredients:

Curd – 1 cup
Cucumber – 1
Onion – 1 big sized
Tomato – 1 big sized
Coriander Leaves / Cilantro
Salt

Time to Make:30 min

How to Prepare:

1. Wash the Vegetables thoroughly. If you purchase dry peas, keep them soaked for at least 12 hours before use.

Cut the Vegetables and keep aside.

2. Wash Rice well with water and drain out the water completely since rice should stay as dry as possible.

3. Take the pressure cooker container (the outer container itself and not the inside vessel). Heat Oil and Ghee in the cooker container until the Ghee melts. Add Mustard Seeds, Jeera and fry for a min until Mustard Seeds splutter.

Now add Curry Leaves, chopped Green Chillies, chopped Onions (cut length-wise) and Ginger + Garlic paste fry until the Onions appear transparent. At this stage, add Cashew Nuts and fry till it turns golden brown.

3. Then add cut Vegetables and soaked Peas from Step 1 to the cooker container. Mix the contents well. Add Sugar now; Sugar helps to retain the color of the Vegetables.

4. Add washed Rice from Step 2 and fry Rice well for about 2 min.

5. At this stage, add MTR Pulav/Pulao Powder, Salt and stir once. Finally add 2 cups of water, close the cooker lid and allow the contents to cook.

For best results, when you hear the 3 whistle of the cooker, switch off the flame and allow the cooker pressure to ease.

Once you open the cooker lid, you can add Lemon Juice and Cilantro/Coriander leaves and mix it well with Pulav/Pulao.

MTR powder based Vegetable Pulav/Pulao is now ready to be served.

Vegetable Pulao/Pulav can be had with Raita (see recipe below).

Raita

Raita preparation:

Finely chop the Cucumber, Tomato and Onion. Add these finely chopped vegetables to Curd along with Salt, Cilantro/Coriander leaves and mix well.

Vegetable Pulav/Pulao with Raita

Now Raita is ready to be serve with Vegetable Pulav/Pulao.

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