Vegetable lamb pulao

There are a number of recipes for meat pulao and vegetable pulao and I have a few myself

Fenugreek Lamb Pulao
Chicken Pulao
Chinese Okra pulao

All of these are super delicious and the one I made today with meat and lots of vegetables is my new favorite. As usual, the thing which consumes the longest time is preparing the vegetables.

Go ahead enjoy this one pot dinner


Vegetable lamb pulao (Rice cooked with lamb and vegetables and spices)

Lamb and vegetable pulao

Ingredients:

1. 2 cups basmati rice
2. 1 lb lamb cut into bite size pieces
3.  1.2 cup each of yogurt, chopped carrot, peas, chopped potatoes, cauliflower florets, American eggplant peeled and chopped, 1/2 bell pepper of your choice of color, spinach leaves
4. 1 medium small onion sliced
5. 2 tablespoons oil divided
6. 2 cups chicken broth
7. 2 cups water
8. 1/2 teaspoon each of salt, turmeric, coriander powder, cumin
9. 2 cardamom pods
10. 1 bay leaf
11. 2 cloves
12. 1 inch cinnamon bark
13. 1 heaped teaspoon ginger garlic paste
14. Heaped tablespoon each of mint and coriander leaves

In a pressure cooker add 1 tablespoon oil and fry the onions till they become dark brown. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minuet. Add eggplant and fry for 5 minutes. Beat the yogurt and add it to the cooker. Add all the spices and the lamb and cover and cook for 3-4 whistles.

In the mean time, wash and soak the rice in water. Prepare vegetables.

Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a wide heavy bottomed pan and add cumin and let it splutter. Add the cardamon, bay leaf, cloves and cinnamon and fry for a minute. Add potatoes and cauliflower and fry for 5 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients and fry for 5 more minutes. Add the liquids and bring to a boil. Add the mint and cilantro and rice and the meat from the cooker to the pan. Cover and cook on low heat for 20 minutes or until rice is done. Enjoy with raita

Turai Pulao

I was searching for something different o make with rice because I was bored with plain ol' rice. And when I started searching there were a million recipes you could make with vegetables and rice. SInce I had Turai on hand I made my own recipe and it was great. I served it with Kakoda Fry

Turai Rice ( Rice cooked with Ridge Gourd)

Turai Pulao

Ingredients:

1. 1/4 cup chana dal
2. 2 medium turai or ridge gourd peeled and chopped
3. 2 green chillies
4. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, mustard seeds, urad dal, salt, coriander powder
5. 1 tablespoon oil
6. 1/2 cup sliced onions
7. 1 teaspoon sambar powder
8. few curry leaves
9. 2 pods garlic minced
10.  2 cups rice

In a flat bottomed pan heat the oil and fry the cumin, mustard seeds and urad dal and curry leaves for a minute. Add onions and green chillies and fry until the onions start getting brown. Add garlic and fry for a minute. Add chopped turai and salt and coriander powder and cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add 4 cups water and bring to a rolling boil. Add 2 cups rice and cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is done. Add sambar powder and coriander leaves and enjoy hot hot on a cold autumn evening

vegetable Vermicelli pilaf

Today I am not feeling like going out but there was nothing for lunch at home. So I started to think what I can make with the vegetables available. I didn't want to eat rice. So I made vegetable pilaf or Pulao, actually fried rice but instead of rice I used vermicelli or the Indian wheat noodles. And its amazing. I hope you will try it too and leave me a comment

Vegetable Vermicelli pilaf (Vermicelli cooked with a variety of vegetables)

Vegetable Vermicelli Pilaf

Ingredients:

1. 2 cups dry roasted vermicelli
2. 2-3 cups total of your favourite vegetables ( I used carrots, cauliflower, green beans, peas, onions, cabbage and white corn)
3. 2 tablespoons oi divided
4. 1 teaspoon salt divided
5. 1 medium sized red onion sliced and divided
6. 1 green chilly chopped
7. 1 large or 2 small garlic pods minced
8. 2 bay leaves
9. 1 inch cinnamon broken
10. 1/2 teaspoon cumin
11. Handful of soya chunk(optiona) (Heat1-2 cups of water in a microwave and at 1/4 teaspoon salt and add the soya chunks to it and leave it for 2-3 minutes. Drain and break into smaller pieces. set aside)

 Heat one tablespoon oil in a small pan and fry about 3/4 onions till they become dark brown and crispy. Drain and set aside. Boil about 3 cups water and add 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon oil and add vermicelli to it and boil till done. Drain and set aside. In a pan heat the oil and fry the bay leafs and cinnamon and the cumin for a couple of minutes. Add garlic and fry for a minute. Add the onions, carrot , cabbage and cauliflower, cover and cook for 5-7 minutes. Add the frozen veggies and cover and cook for 5 more minutes. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and green chily and stir to combine. Add the soya chunks if using and stir. Add the vermicelli and fried onions and stir to combine. Cover and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Garnish with cilantro, stir and set aside for 5 minutes. Serve with ketchup

                                        Also try Pulao with Peas and Soya Chunks