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Tawa Pulao
By Neha Dadhich
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Tawa Pulao is rice tossed with vegetables and spices. It is a popular Mumbai street food. This recipe also works well with leftover rice.
Serves: 4
Cooking Time: 30 to 45 minutes
Ingredients
Red chilli sauce
- 5 to 6 red chillies broken into two
- 2 large garlic clove, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon of cumin seeds
- a tablespoon of water
Tawa Pulao
- 2 cups rice, cooked
- 1 medium potato, peeled and cut into small pieces
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and chopped
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 8 to 10 green beans, chopped
- 2 tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1/2 bell pepper, chopped
- 1/4th cup of peas
- 1/4th cup of corn
- A tablespoon of oil
- 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala or ground spices
- 1 teaspoon pav bhaji masala
- 5 to 6 coriander sprigs chopped for garnishing
- salt to taste
Procedure
Red Chilli Paste
- In a blender, blend red chillies, garlic, cumin seed powder and a tablespoon of water into a fine paste.
Tawa Pulao
- In a pan, add the oil and butter.
- Once the butter has started melting, add the mustard seeds and let them crackle.
- Then add the cumin seeds and let them crackle.
- Then add the onions. Cook till onions are lightly golden.
- Add chopped carrot, beans, potatoes, peas and corn to it. Add a little salt at this stage, this will speed up the cooking.
- Add red chilli paste.
- Saute` for 6 to 8 minutes. Add the chopped bell peppers and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Once the vegetables are nearly done, add the chopped tomatoes.
- Add turmeric powder, garam masala, pav bhaji masala and remaining salt to it. Cook until tomatoes are done.
- Add the cooked rice and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
Tawa Pulao is ready. Enjoy it on its own or with some yoghurt.
Vegan Options
- Replace butter with vegan butter or oil.
Notes
- Normally, Tawa Pulao is made in a large flat pan on a high flame. This gives an amazing flavour to the rice because of the pan. If you don't have a large flat pan, you can use a flat saucepan or wok.