No Tomato Pressure Cooker Vegetable Pulao | Vegetable Pulao in Pressure Cooker

We are starting the first week of BM# 65. For the first week, I will be sharing some rice dishes cooked in three different ways. We cook only rice for lunch and it keeps varying as steamed rice, mixed rice, and pulaos. A special occasion calls for Biryanis and that again either is nonveg or veg special with Paneer or Soya etc.

Since I carry lunch to work, I also most times want to cook one pot meal that's easy to assemble in the morning. I use a pressure cooker for all my cooking in the mornings, which includes rice as well. I like working on a menu and a set plan. That works out so well as I don't have to worry too much about it. So certain days in the week is either mixed rice or one pot meal.

The theme for this week is to showcase Rice as a grain in different styles. We can't use rice in other forms like rice flour, Rava, etc. So I came up with 3 differently cooked rice and I hope you enjoy it!

The first in the series is a No Tomato Vegetable Pulao cooked in a Pressure Cooker. If you have been reading me regularly, No Onion Or No Tomato dishes scare me. So just to overcome that I took up this challenge of cooking No tomato Recipes. This was not cooked then, however, when I realized I made this pulao without tomatoes, it cheered me. The inspiration for this pulao came from my colleague who had got this for lunch. I made it the very next day and everybody loved it. So I thought this makes a good recipe to record as well.

This is very easy and quick to get done. I mostly freeze ginger garlic paste and sometimes green chili paste as well. If you have these handy, this dish doesn't even take 30 mins to get cooked.

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Pressure Vegetable Pulao without Tomato under 30 mins

How to make the Pulao

Wash and soak the rice for 10 to 15 mins.

Prep the vegetables and chop, keep it aside.

If the pastes are not ready, grind now.

In a pressure cooker, heat the cooking oil and ghee. Add the bay leaf, all the other whole spices saute well.

Next, add the onions, saute till it turns colour. Now add the ginger garlic paste and green chili paste.

Continue stirring till it turns colour. Now add diced vegetables, salt, and turmeric powder. Simmer for 5 mins with lid covered.

Now, add all the spice powders, combine everything well.

Next, add the water and bring to boil. Stir everything well and check the seasoning.

Add the drained rice and give a stir.

Cover with pressure cooker lid and cook for 3 whistles.

Once the pressure falls down, fluff with a fork and transfer to the hot box.

Serve with raitha.

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No Tomato Pressure Cooker Vegetable Pulao | Vegetable Pulao in Pressure Cooker

Course Main Dish - Rice

Author Srivalli

Ingredients

• 1 & 1/2 cup Rice Raw
• 3 cups Water
• 2 tsp Cooking Oil
• 1 tsp Ghee

Whole Spices

• 4 Cloves
• 2" Cinnamon
• 2 Bay Leaf
• 3 Marti Moggu

Pastes

• 1/2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
• 2 long Green Chilli Paste

Spice Powders

• 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
• 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
• 3/4 tsp Garam Masala
• 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder Roasted

Vegetables

• 1 cup Beans 1 inch chopped
• 1/2 cup Carrot 1 inch chopped
• 1/2 cup Potato cubes
• 1/2 cup Fresh Peas
• 3/4 cup Onions juliennes

Instructions

How to make No Tomato Pressure Cooker Vegetable Pulao

• Wash and soak the rice for 10 to 15 mins.
• Prep the vegetables and chop, keep it aside.
• If the pastes are not ready, grind now.
• In a pressure cooker, heat the cooking oil and ghee. Add the bay leaf, all the other whole spices and sauté well.
• Next, add the onions, saute till it turns colour. Now, add the ginger garlic paste and green chili paste.
• Continue stirring till it turns colour. Now, add diced vegetables, salt, and turmeric powder. Simmer for 5 mins with lid covered.
• Now, add all the spice powders, combine everything well.
• Next, add the water and bring to boil. Stir everything well and check the seasoning.
• Add the drained rice and give a stir.
• Cover with pressure cooker lid and cook for 3 whistles.
• Once the pressure falls down, fluff with a fork and transfer to the hot box.
• Serve with raitha.

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