Vegetable Pulao Recipe | Easy One-Pot Rice for Beginners

Vegetable pulao recipe is a flavorful one-pot dish made with basmati rice, spices, herbs, and veggies. When they all cooked together & smelled like aah! You never say no to this. Its taste is a little spicy and full of flavor. Vegetable pulao is the perfect, light dish served for lunch and dinner with boondi raita and buttermilk.

Vegetable pulao recipe is basically made with normal ingredients, such as basmati rice, some spices, and mixed vegetables. It is a perfect dish if you want to cook something quick and pleasurable. This is also the perfect meal for lunch, a quick dinner, or used in lunch boxes.

Pulao, pilav, and polao have many alternative names. But one thing made it special, i.e., their deliciousness. There are many types of pulao made in India, like matar pulao, tawa pulao, paneer pulao & vegetable pulao. But this one is very basic & common and made in most houses of India.

It is my all-time favorite meal. In hunger, when I didn’t find anything to eat, I made this. It’s like comfort food for me. Very healthy and full of nutrients. It can be eaten with yogurt, lassi, boondi raita, and salad. I always eat vegetable pulao with yogurt.

If you’re looking for something quicker and delicious at a moment’s notice, this is for you. A few minutes are enough for this delightful vegetable pulao recipe. I hope you’ll like it when you try this.

Ingredients

• Rice: I take 1 cup of basmati rice (long-grained rice), or you can also use other types of rice. But basmati rice works well for this recipe.

• Spices: I used spices: cumin seeds, cloves, bay leaf, and cinnamon. Add green cardamom, black cardamom, and black pepper. This makes your pulao full of aromatic flavor. Use good quality of spices.

• Veggies: I used multiple vegetables here, potato, tomato, cauliflower, peas, green chili, onion, carrot, etc. You can add more to your taste. Use fresh vegetables to make the recipe.

• Ginger and garlic paste: Make a paste together in a mortar, or you can grate them. They help to give extra flavor.

How to make Vegetable Pulao Recipe

1. First, take one cup of basmati rice in a bowl and rinse it in water 3 to 4 times. After rinsing, soak them in water for 15 to 20 minutes.

2. After 20 minutes, drain all the water and set it aside.

3. Chop all the veggies, tomato, potato, carrot, cauliflower, peas, green chili, coriander leaves, and onion into small pieces. Also, grate the ginger and garlic aside.

4. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pressure cooker on a medium flame. Then, add cumin seeds, cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon, black pepper, green cardamom, and black cardamom. Let them sizzle for a few seconds.

5. Add the onion and saute them till they have a golden texture with the ginger garlic paste.

6. Add tomatoes with turmeric powder or salt. Sim the stove for 2 to 3 minutes. This will make the tomatoes properly mushy and remove the raw smell from them.

7. After that, add all the veggies: potato, peas, carrot, cauliflower, and green chilies.

8. Then add the soaked basmati rice into it with 2 cups of water. The water depends on the quality of the rice. Mix all the ingredients well.

9. Close the cooker lid and wait for 1 whistle, after that the gas stove turns off. Do not open the lid right away. Wait for 6 to 7 minutes so that the pressure releases naturally.

10. Then open the lid, and you see the rice is cooked.

11. Lastly, garnish the coriander leaves on it and mix it well.

12. Now the vegetable pulao recipe is ready to serve.

Serve this vegetable pulao with a topping of white butter alongside yogurt, boondi raita, lassi, and salad. According to your taste, pick any one of them, and it tastes delicious.

Tips and Variations

• To make this vegetable pulao recipe, you always have to soak the rice in water for 15 to 20 minutes.
• I have used basmati rice for this recipe. You can also use other types of rice available in the market. But basmati rice is the best for making this recipe.
• Use rice and water in a 1:2 ratio, i.e., for one cup of rice, you have to need two cups of water. If you do not use basmati rice, then adjust the water according to the rice quality.

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