The Rice Pulao – veggies’s delight

Well I must confess I am a Foodie and really makes me weak at knees upon mouth watering vegetarian Indian delicacies, mostly when those are prepared by my sweet mom (hope my wife does n’t read this :)). Just kidding ! Even my wife is also a good cook and for me, is an expert in Chinese cuisines like manchurians (I like the veggie versions of them !),  egg & vegetable fried rice etc etc.  and nevertheless, she loves pastry but the best part of it is making those tastier by wonderful toppings.

Coming back to our subject on vegetable pulao, it is undoubtedly a mouth watering cuisine savoured by gourmets from all parts of India. It is often prepared on special occasions like festivals or when guests come to dine or foodies just love having it whenever they feel like ! Vegetable pulao is often served with a side dish like dal (lentil) fry, mixed vegetable curries, any gravy or with any other Indian curry. It is prepared from basmati rice (with the long rice grains), a variety of chopped vegetables like french beans, green peas, carrot, turnip, cauliflower, tomatoes and bit of green chilies ( well there is no such hard and fast rule of putting this many vegetables ; one can be creative enough to experiment with other vegetables too !) and not to forget Indian spices like cumin, green and black cardamom, cinnamon and bay leaves to name a few. All these are cooked in ghee (butter) or oil.

I caution now that if my dear readers are thinking of trying this at home, please don’t follow my lines exactly as it us above (remember I am a foodie not a good cook at all !) . It is safer to google the recipe on internet and will be still wiser to watch it on Youtube being made by experts . You will  find countless elaborate ways to prepare this colourful and delicious cuisine straight from the rich Indian vegetarian kitchen. For non-vegetarians, I do recommend to give a try and why not enjoy a plateful of it with butter chicken !

Let me know when you try vegetable pulao next time …till then enjoy your food !

Subhrajyoti

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