Veg Pulav with a twist of Chat Masala
Chat items/snacks are always very tempting. And they leave
us with finger licking fate.
I just gave a thought of adding the chat masala taste to the
traditional Vegetable Pulav. And the additional adding of chat masala indeed
came out very interesting and different in taste.
I have never done a pulav without coriander leaves paste. But,
this time coriander leaves were out of stock and I mustered courage to carry on
with an unusual recipe of pulav.
Here is the list of
ingredients:
- 1 spoon ghee.
- Half spoon sesame seeds,
- Half spoon jeera,
- 2 medium sized onions.
- 8-10 pods of garlic.
- 1 inch of ginger slice.
- 2 medium sized carrots.
- Few beans.
- One medium sized potato.
- 2 fists of green peas.
- 2 fists of groundnuts.
- Salt and turmeric as per your convenience.
- 1 spoon garam masla (I have used MTR masala)
- 2 spoon chat masala (again from MTR)
- 1 cup Basmati rice.
- 1.5 cup water.
Procedure:
- Soak rice and green in water for about 4 hours. The more you soak, the better.
- I prepare pulav directly in the pressure cooker. Heat ghee in the cooker vessel, add sesame seeds and jeera.
- Then add chopped onions, garlic, and ginger and fry till onion turns pale.
- Add groundnuts and fry a little further.
- Now, add finely chopped vegetables (carrot, beans and potato). Let it fry for about 2 minutes.
- Now drain the water and add all of the soaked rice and green peas to the cooker vessel. Let it fry for a little while.
- Now, add salt, turmeric powder, garam masla and of course 2 full spoon chat masala. :-)
- Add water and pressure cook the rice.
Serve with mixed vegetable raitha.
I was so much in doubt when I had opened the
cooker lid (of course after cooking. :-P) about the taste. And yummm, the smell
was so overpowering. And the taste too.
I am never going to miss the chat masala in my
pulav recipe now on. Happy Dance. :-)
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