Tawa Pulao

This is one of the famous street food in Mumbai and made in tawa , Saw this recipe here and tried it as I did not have big tawa made it in normal kadai ..

Ingredients needed :

• Cooked rice - 2 cups
• Boiled green peas - 1/2 cup
• Carrot - 1 
• Beans - 10
• Capsicum - 1
• Onion - 2
• Tomato - 1
• Potato - 2
• Paav Bhaji Masala powder - 2 tsp.
• Chili powder - 1/2 tsp. 
• Coriander leaves 
• Butter 
• Salt

Method:

          Cook rice and keep it aside. Chop carrots, beans, capsicum, onions, tomatoes . If using dried green peas , soak it overnight and pressure cook it till done...roughly chop potatoes and boil it till done ...

Heat kadai + butter + onions and fry it for few minutes to this add capsicum and fry it + tomatoes + carrot + beans + coriander leaves + green peas + potatoes to this add paav bhaji masala powder + chili powder and mix it well and cook till done to this add cooked rice and gently mix it well . 

Tawa pulao is ready to serve goes well with raita ...I served it with Potato paneer croquettes and Rice Phirni.

Milagu Jeera Sadam / Samba Sadam / Onion Rice

Ingredients needed : 

• Cooked rice - 2 cups
• Onion - 1
• Curry leaves - 6 to 7 leaves
• Milagu / Pepper powder - 1 tsp.
• Jeera / Cumin seeds - 1 tsp. 
• Mustard seeds 
• Urid dhal
• Hing powder
• Salt 
• Oil 

Method : 

           Cook rice separately. Chop Onions finely. Heat a kadai add oil + mustard seeds + urid dhal + jeera + curry leaves + hing powder + Onions + salt and fry well to this add pepper powder + cooked rice and mix it well. 

You can skip onions and instead of Jeera you can add jeera powder ..very healthy rice goes excellent with potato curry . 

Mixed Vegetable Soya Chunks Biriyani

Ingredients needed :

• Basmathi rice - 2 cups
• Soya chunks - 1/2 cup
• Onion - 2
• Carrot - 1
• Beans - 5 to 6
• Capsicum - 1
• Ginger - little
• Garlic pod - 1
• Jeera - little
• Fennel seeds - little
• Shahi jeera - little
• Biriyani Masala - 3 tsp. 
• Lemon juice - little
• Salt 
• Butter  + oil 

Method: 

                Clean basmathi rice and drain all excess water and set aside for few minutes. Chop Onions , capsicum , carrot, beans lengthwise and keep it ready. 

Take a pan and add water + salt and allow it to boil well add soya chunks and allow it to cook for 5 minutes ...then drain the water and rinse it well with cold water well and squeeze excess water and keep it aside. 

Heat a kadai and add oil + butter + jeera + fennel seeds + shahi jeera + onions + salt and fry well to this add capsicum and fry it for few more minutes to this add carrot + beans cover and fry it for few minutes ..then add Biriyani Masala (You can also use store bought biriyani masala powder )+ Soya chunks + lemon juice and mix it well and transfer it to rice cooker to this add soaked basmathi rice + water and mix it and cook it . 


Serve it with Spicy potato curry or Raita . 

Note : I have used store bought biriyani masala powder.

Brinjal rice

Made few variations to Kavitha's Brinjal rice . 

Ingredients:

• Cooked rice - 2 cups
• Gongura pickle(Priya brand) - 2 tsp. 
• Brinjal - 6
• Small onions - 10
• Curry leaves - 1 string
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp.
• Urid dhal  - 1/2 tsp.
• Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp.
• Groundnuts - 10
• Cashews - 5
• Salt
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Gingelly Oil
• Chili powder - see recipe below

To grind :

• Dried red chili - 3
• Whole pepper 3
• Dhaniya seeds 
• Chana dhal / kadalai paruppu
• Whole urad dhal
• Grated coconut 

Method :

             Heat a kadai and dry fry ingredients given in to grind list and allow it cool and grind it into fine powder and set aside. Pressure cook rice and keep it ready . Peel skin of small onions and chop brinjal lengthwise and immerse it in bowl of water . 

Heat a kadai and add ginglley oil + mustard seeds + urid dhal + methi seeds + cashews+ groundnuts +  small onions + curry leaves and fry till done then add brinjal + salt and cook well to this add the grounded powder + turmeric powder and mix it well + gongura pickle + Salt and cook till done . 

Take a bowl and add the cooked rice to this add brinjal + onion mix and mix it well serve with Potato curry or chips 

Andhra style Pulihora

Ingredients needed:

• Cooked rice - 2 cups
• Tamarind juice
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Hing powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Dried Red Chili - 3
• Green chili  - 2
• Groundnuts - 10 
• Chana dhal - 1 tsp.
• Urad dhal - 1 tsp.
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp.
• Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp.
• Curry leaves - 1 string
• Oil(Sesame oil) 
• Salt

Method :

                    Cook rice and keep it ready . Soak Tamarind in little water and extract thick juice and keep it ready. Heat a kadai and add oil + mustard seeds + urid dhal + chana dhal + methi seeds + groundnuts + dried red chili , green chili (break it into pieces) + turmeric powder + hing powder +  tamarind juice + salt + allow it cook for few mins till it gets dried . In a big bowl take the cooked rice and add the tamarind juice mixture and mix it with rice gently so that it covers well on rice ...Yummy pulihora is ready.

Lemon Rice ~~ Type 2

Made Lemon rice with slight variation . 

Ingredients needed : 

• Cooked rice - 2 cups
• Grated Carrot - 1
• Lemon juice - little
• Salt
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Hing  - 1/4 tsp.

To temper :

• Oil - 2 tsp. 
• Cashews  - 5 to 6
• Groundnuts - 10 
• Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp.
• Urid dhal  - 1/2 tsp.
• Channa dhal - 1/2 tsp.
• Curry leaves  - 1 string
• Dried Red chili - 1
• Green chili - 1
• Coriander leaves - little

Method: 

Peel carrot skin and grate Carrot . Heat kadai add oil + mustard seeds and allow it to splutter to this add urid dhal + channa dhal + hing + split dried red chili + green chilli + groundnuts + cashew + curry leaves + salt + lemon juice + grated carrot and cook it for few mins. to this add cooked rice and mix it . Serve it with Potato curry.

Mango Rice

Ingredients needed:

• Cooked rice 
• Raw Mango - 1
• Groundnut - little
• Cashew - little (Optional)
• Potato - 1 (Optional)
• Curry leaves
• Coriander leaves
• Mustard seeds
• Urid dhal
• Jeera
• Green chili - 1
• Dried red chili - 1
• Hing powder
• Salt
• Turmeric powder
• Oil

Method:


                      Pressure Cook rice, once done spread the cooked rice in plate and allow it to cool ... Grate mango and set aside . Clean and chop potato and boil it till done . Heat a kadai and a tsp. of oil and add mustard seeds when it starts to splutter add urid dhal + jeera + groundnuts + cashews+ curry leaves + hing powder + grated mango + green chili + dried red chili +  salt + turmeric powder and fry for few mins. to this add boiled potato and cook it for few mins. to this add the cooked rice + coriander leaves and mix it gently ..then switch off the flame. Serve it with papad  or chips.

Oats Bisebelabath

Ingredients:

Toor dhal - 1/2 cup
Turmeric pdr
Veggies of your choice

Oil
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Dry red chillies - 2
Curry leaves
Onion - 1 medium
Tomato - 1 small
Water - 3 cups
Oats - 1 cup
Bisebelabath powder - 2 tbsp
Salt - as req
ghee - 1 tsp (opt)
Coriander leaves - to garnish
hing - a pinch

Preparation:

Pressure cook Toor Dhal with turmeric powder. Also pressure cook veggies of your choice. I used carrots, beans, capsicum, peas, corn, cauliflower. You can mix and match, depending on your taste and veggie availability :)

In a pan, add some oil. After the oil is hot, add mustard seeds. Once the seeds crackle, add dry red chillies, curry leaves and then the onion goes in. Saute it for like a minute and then add tomato. After the tomato mashes well into the onion so that you can see that separate, add water and wait for it to come to a boil. When it boils, add the oats (oats should be dry roasted before adding at this stage of the recipe. Dry roasting prevents the oats to stick to each other when cooked). Once the oats is cooked, add in the cooked dhal and veggies. Give it a quick stir and add in the bisebelabath powder ( I used  MTR brand). You can also replace this with the normal sambar powder. Add hing, adjust salt. Water can be adjusted at any point, depending on the consistency you need the dish at. Top the dish with some ghee and garnish with some coriander leaves. Yummy yumm, healthy oats Bisebelabath is ready to serve.

Coconut rice

Ingredients needed :

• Oil - 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• curry leaves - 5 leaves
• Hing - a pinch
• Urad Dhal - 1 tsp
• Channa dhal - 1 tsp. 
• Dried red Chili - 1
• Green Chili - 2
• Cashewnuts - as req
• Peanuts - as req
• Salt
• Cooked rice

Method: 

In a pan, add some oil. When oil is hot add mustard seeds + urad dhal + dry red chilies + curry leaves + green chilies (2) + Channa dhal + Hing powder + Cashew + Groundnuts + Grated coconut + Salt and saute it for few mins. to this add cooked rice and mix it well 

Brinjal rice

In a pan, dry roast urad dhal(1 spoon) + kadalai parupu(1 spoon) + coriander seeds (1 spoon) + peanuts (1 spoon) + dry red chilli (5). Fry well, transfer to bowl and allow to cool. Grind this to a coarse powder.

In a pan, add sesame oil + mustard seeds + urad dhal + onion + curry leaves + brinjal (for 10 mins). Saute well. Then add salt + ground powder + cooked rice. After the rice mixes well with the powder and brinjal, add ghee on top. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Brinjal rice is ready to serve.

*** Tips ***

Add salt last else brinjal will not cook fast.

Tomato Rice ~ Type 3

 

Ingredients needed : 

• Cooked rice 
• Onions -  2
• Tomatoes - 2
• Carrot - 1
• Potato - 2
• Green Capsicum - 1
• Curry leaves - a string 
• Mustard seeds 
• Urid dhal
• Methi seeds
• Hing powder
• Chick peas -  1cup
• Dhaniya powder - 1/2 tsp.
• Jeera powder - 1/2 tsp.
• Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp.
• Pav Bhaji Masala powder - little
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Salt
• Oil 
• Ghee
• Lemon juice
• Corrainder leaves

Method :  

             Soak Chickpeas overnight and pressure cook it by adding reqd. amount of water + salt till done .

Chop Onions , tomatoes, capsicum, Carrot finely and keep it aside. Chop Potatoes lengthwise and keep it separately in a bowl immersed in water ..

Pressure Cook rice by adding reqd. amount of water ..I used Sona masoori rice and cookied it in rice cooker(I used 1: 1 3/4 ratio -  rice : water ) once done spread the cooked rice in a big bowl and add a tsp. of ghee , mix it gently and set aside..

Heat a kadai and add 2 tsp. of oil + mustard seeds and allow it to splutter then add Urid dhal + methi seeds + curry leaves + onion + salt + hing powder and fry for few mins...then add capsicum + potatoes +Carrot + tomatoes and cook for few mins. just sprinkle little water ..when it is almost done add turmeric powder + dhaniya powder + Jeera powder + chilli powder +pav bhaji masala powder + Cooked chickpeas and add very little water and cook it well till the water evaporates, now switch off the flame and add the lemon juice and garnish with corriander leaves .

Now add the cooked onion - tomato mixture to the cooked rice and mix it gently and evenly and serve it with raita or Chips .  

You can skip chickpeas and just add groundnuts and make the rice ...

Paneer-Peas Pulao

Thanks a lot Lavanya, for sharing this recipe ...she says : The inspiration for this dish was from your blog only , Kavitha's Jeera Pulao.

Ingredients needed :

• Oil
• Paneer - 1 cup diced.
• Whole garam masala
• Jeera - 1 tsp
• Presoaked Basmati rice - 1 cup (presoaked for minimum 30 mins).
• Green chilli - 1
• Mint leaves - lil
• Corriander leaves
• Potato - 1/2 of medium sized finely sliced
• Peas - 1/4 cup
• salt
• Fried onions.

Method :

In a frying pan add oil and jeera. After Jeera Splutters, add green chilli, mint leaves, corriander leaves, potato, and peas. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes.Now in a rice cooker add the cooked vegetables along with basmati rice (quantity of water should be twice the amount of Basmati rice) with required salt. Meanwhile fry the onions and paneer separately and keep it ready.When the rice gets 90% cooked, add the paneer so that it gets mixed with rice well. The crispness in the paneer too remains to certain extent and will taste nice. Finally add the fried onion to garnish.

Minty Peas Corn Pulao

Ingredients needed :

• Sona masoori Rice - 2 cups
• Peas (frozen)  - 1/2 cup
• Corn (frozen)  - 1/2 cup
• Capsicum - 1
• Onions  - 2 nos.
• Tomato  - 1
• Mint leaves - 1 bunch
• Chilli powder
• Jeera powder
• Salt
• Oil

Method :

Remove the mint  leaves from the stalk and keep it aside.Chop onions + Capsicum  lengthwise and chop tomatoes finely. In a pressure cooker add oil + onions + capsicum and fry them well then add the tomatoes and fry for few mins...then goes in the mint leaves and fry it well.Once done add the frozen peas + frozen sweet corn and then salt + chilli powder + jeera powder and fry well ...
Clean and wash the rice well and add it to the peas - corn mixture and add reqd. amount of water ...(my ratio is : rice : water = 1: 1 3/4)mix everthing well and then pressure cook it till done ....once done , gently give a stir to the rice and serve it hot with plain curd or chips or potato fry ....

Ps. you can use Basmathi rice too...and add the masala items (Ginger , garlic, fennel seeds , cloves .....)  as per ur wish 

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Cauliflower rice

 

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Ingredients Needed :

• Cauliflower - 1
• Onions
• Tomato 
• Capsicum 
• Paneer cubes 
• corriander leaves
• Chilli powder
• Salt
• Turmeric powder
• Jeera powder
• Dhaniya powder
• Oil

 

Method :
 

Pressure cook rice seperately and keep it ready. Chop onions + capsicum + tomato ...clean cauliflowers and chop florets into pieces. Heat a kadai and add oil + fry paneer cubes well and set aside then add  onions + capsicum and fry it .then add tomatoes + cauliflower florets + salt + chilli powder + jeera powder + dhaniya powder + turmeric powder + little water and cook it well till done ....
meanwhile spread the cooked rice in a big bowl ...and then add this prepared cauliflower gravy and if needed u can add little lime juice and mix it gently ..so that it spreads evenly ...and then garnish with corriander leaves apt for lunch box ...make sure u make the gravy bit spicy ...only then when mixed with rice it tastes good ....goes excellent with chips or raita.

 

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Arisi - Paruppu Sadam

Got this excellent rice dish from my dear friend Padma . you can even enjoy this with vadam or chips ...

Ingredients :

• Karamani / Thatta payaru - 1 cup
• Rice (Sona Masoori ) - 1 cup
• Onions
• Tomatoes
• Sambhar powder
• Turmeric powder
• Jeera powder
• Dhaniya powder
• Salt
• Oil
• Corriander leaves

Method : 

Soak Karamani overnight and pressure cook it just for one or two whistle ...make sure you don't mash it or over cook it . Chop onions and tomatoes finely In a pressure pan / cooker  add oil and once hot add onions + salt and fry well then add the tomatoes + sambhar powder + jeera powder + turmeric powder + dhaniya powder + corriander leaves and cook well ....then finally add the half cooked karamani and rice and add water (My ratio is Rice : water - 1: 1 3/4 or 2)...and pressure cook it for 3 whistles or till done ..

Variety Rice -- Recipe index

Variety Rice:

• Tamarind Rice
• Easy Puliogare
• Pulihora

• Shredded Coconut rice 
• Lemon Rice
• Lemon Rice ~ Type 2

• Tomato Rice
• Tomato rice ~ Type 2
• Tomato Rice ~ Type 3

• Milagu Jeera Sadam / Samba Sadam / Onion Rice

• Arisi - Paruppu Sadam
• Bisibelabath
• Bisibelabath ~ Type 2
• Oats Bisibelabath

• Pudhina Kothamalli Rice
• Capsicum Masala Rice
• Capsicum Carrot Rice
• Methi Rice
• Ghee Rice
• Cauliflower rice
• Brinjal Rice
• Mango Rice
• Brinjal Rice ~ Type 2

Pulao / Biriyani:

• Vegetable Biryani
• Mixed Vegetable Soya Chunks Biriyani

• Jeera Pulao
• Mushroom Peas Corn Pulao
• Mushroom Pulao
• Coconut Pulao
• Tomato Pulao
• Minty Peas Corn Pulao
• Paneer Peas Pulao 
• Tawa Pulao

• Vegetable fried rice
• Mixed Veggie Coconut Rice
• Mexican Rice Delight
• Fried Rice-Pulao Fusion

Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients needed :

• Vegetables - (carrot , cauliflower , beans )
• Cooked Rice - 1 cup
• Jeera - little
• Fennel seeds - little
• Cloves - 4 or 5
• Garlic pods - 2
• Pepper powder - little
• Oil - little
• Salt

Method : 

Chop carrots and beans lengthwise and cut cauliflower into each florets and set aside ...Pressure cook the rice seperately and set aside in a vessel add enough water and boil the cauliflowers+ salt till tender and keep it ready ..take a pressure cooker and add little oil , once it is hot add Jeera + fennel seeds+cloves + garlic pods +carrot and beans + salt + pepper powder and fry till it gets softs then add the cauliflowers and fry for few mins ....now spread the cooked rice well so that it doesn't stick together .... add this cooked veges and mix it gently serve hot with spicy gravies. Easy Veg. fried rice ready ...

Tomato Rice ~ Type 2

Ingredients needed :

• Rice - 1 cup
• Tomato - 4
• Onion - 2
• Mustard seeds
• Jerra - less than 1/4 tsp.
• Cloves - 2 or 3
• Garlic pods - 2 or 3
• Fennel seeds - little
• Jeera powder
• Turmeric powder
• Dhaniya powder
• Chilli powder - less than 1/4 tsp.
• Green Chilli - 1
• Salt
• Corriander leaves
• Curry leaves
• Oil

Method : 

chop onions and set aside .. Cut tomatoes in to 2 pieces and grind it well along with green chilli + garlic pods + ginger + jeera + fennel seeds + cloves and set aside.

In a pressure cooker add little oil and add mustard seeds + curry leaves + onions + salt and fry till done ... to the grounded paste mix some water ....so that u get 3 cups of juice , (Rice : water - 1:3 ratio ) , add water according to ur rice ... and add it to the onions ... to that add turmeric powder + jeera pdr+ dhaniya pdr + chilli pdr + coriander leaves and allow it to cook well till the raw smell goes off ...and when it starts to boil add rice and check for salt and u can also add lime juice if needed ...then pressure cook it for 3 whistles .... Tomato rice is ready ... serve hot with raitha or chips ...

Bisibelabath Version II

Ingredients needed :

• Rice - 1 cup
• toor dhall - 1/2 cup
• tomatoes
• Vegetables (beans +carrot+ peas + potato )
• Onions - big
• Tamarind water - little
• salt

For Masala powder :

• Channa dhall (Kadala paruppu)
• urid dhall
• Milagu / pepper
• dhaniya / coriander seeds
• Krambu / cloves
• Coconut
• dried red chillies
• coriander leaves

Dry roast all the above ingredients ....Grind it by adding little water into paste

For temperring :

• Oil
• Mustard
• urid dhal
• hing
• curry leaves
• small onions
• coriander leaves

Method : 

Chop onion and vegetables lengthwise and keep it aside (picture 1). In a cooker boil Toordhall + onions + tomatoes and pressure cook it till done (picture 2) in a big kadai or pressure cooker add little oil and cook all the vegetables till it gets tender ... (picture 4) 

then add 3 or 4 cups of water (rice : water - 1:3 ) add salt and allow it to boil well then, add the rice + cooked veges + cooked dhall and when it is almost getting ready , say 3/4 cooked add the grinded masalas and allow it to cook well till the raw smell goes ...if needed u can add more water and salt accordingly ... (picture 5)

meanwhile temper all the ingredients given in seperate kadai and fry the onions well and add it to the rice .......and once the rice gets thicker ... transfer it in to the cooker container and pressure cook it for 3 whistles (picture 7) bisibellabath is ready ...serve with raitha / chips ../ vadam .....

Fried Rice-Pulao Fusion

Ingredients:

• Basmati Rice - 1 cup
• Water - 1.5 cups
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Onion - 1 medium
• Garlic pods - 4
• Spring onions - 4
• Veggies like carrot, beans, peas, capsicum and corn - 1 cup
• soysauce - 2 tsp
• Vinegar - 1 tsp
• Pulao Mix (MTR) - 1 tbsp
• Coriander leaves for garnish
• Salt and pepper as req

Preparation:

Cook Basmati Rice and spread it out to cool.

In a pan, add some oil. Once the oil is hot add finely chopped onion and garlic pods. Also add the lower portion of the spring onions. Saute till the onion changes color. Then add the veggies of your choice. I used carrots, beans, peas, capsicum and corn. Saute till the veggies get well cooked. Then add some soysauce and vinegar to it. Saute for a minute and then add the Pulao masala. Saute for less than a minute and then add cooked rice to it. Add req salt and pepper. Mix everything well and then garnish with the remains of the spring onions and coriander leaves.

Loved this fusion of Fried Rice and Pulao. Give it a try and lemme knw how much you liked it.

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Also sending the below recipes to the event:

Mixed Veggie Coconut Rice

Kaati Roll

Spicy Salmon in a Bed of Veggies