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Prep time
45 mins
Cook time
15 mins
Total time
1 hour
tawa pulao recipe


tawa pulao - a popular mumbai street food of rice and vegetables sauted
together with pav bhaji masala and other spices-herbs.
Author: dassana
Recipe type: main
Cuisine: mumbai street food, indian
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients (american measuring cup used, 1
cup = 250 ml)
for cooking the rice:
1 cup basmati rice or long grained rice
4 cups of water for cooking the rice
2 to 3 drops of oil
salt as required
for the tawa masala:
1 medium capsicum/green bell pepper
2 large tomatoes - 150 gms
1 medium onion - 50 gms
inch ginger/adrak + 2-3 garlic/lahsun , made into a paste in a mortar-pestle or 1 tsp ginger garlic
paste
tsp red chili powder or add as required
tsp turmeric powder/haldi
2 tsp pav bhaji masala or add as required
tsp cumin seeds/jeera
2 tbsp butter or oil or half-half of both
1 small to medium carrot
1 medium potato
cup green peas/matar, fresh or frozen
tsp lemon juice or as required
a few chopped coriander leaves (dhania patta) or parsley
salt as required
Instructions
preparing the rice:
1. rinse the rice grains till the water runs clear of starch. rinsing for a while, you will come to a stage
when the water will become transparent during the rinse. if there is starch in the water, then the rice
becomes sticky.
2. soak the rice in enough water for 20-30 mins. drain and then add the rice to a pot.
3. pour 4 cups water in the rice. add salt and few drops of oil.
4. stir. cover and cook the rice till the rice grains are cooked well.
5. the rice grains should be separate also cooked well.
6. if the water begins to froth pushing the lid, then remove the lid or partly cover the pot with lid and
cook the rice.
7. don't cook the rice too much or make them mushy. this will spoil the texture of the pulao.
8. in a strainer, add the cooked rice and let all the water drain away.
9. gently fluff the rice with a fork.
10. once all the steam has passed from the rice, cover the rice with a lid so that the rice grains on top
don't dry out.
11. let the rice cool and you can proceed with the rest of the recipe.
for the tawa masala:
1. steam the carrot, potato and green peas till all of them are cooked well in a steamer, pan or pressure
cooker.
2. peel and chop the carrot and potatoes. keep aside.
3. in a pan or kadai/wok melt the butter. add the cumin and fry them till they get browned.
4. add the finely chopped onions and saute till translucent.
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5. add the ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw aroma goes away.
6. then add the finely chopped tomatoes and capsicum/bell pepper.
7. stir and add all the spice powders - turmeric, red chili powder and pav bhaji masala.
8. stir again and saute the whole mixture till you see butter releasing from the sides.
9. add the chopped potato, carrot and peas. sprinkle salt and stir.
10. add the cooked basmati rice and gently mix the veggies with the rice.
11. garnish with coriander leaves and sprinkle some lemon juice on the tava pulao.
12. serve tava pulao hot with onion tomato raita or cucumber raita or plain yogurt accompanied with
papad and pickle.
Recipe by Veg Recipes of India at http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/tawa-pulao-recipe-pulao-recipes/