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.
Recipe
No Tomato Pressure Cooker Vegetable Pulao | Vegetable Pulao in Pressure Cooker
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.
Usha Rao says
My pulao sate usually without tomato and live such one pot meals. Unlik my husband, can eat it as is or with some raita
vaishali sabnani says
I should try to cook rice in a pressure cooker , which i have never done . The pulao looks perfectly made .
Archana Potdar says
I get worried to use the pressure cooker. But must try this in the pressure cooker
Priya Suresh says
Simply love this pressure cooker version..delicious and inviting.
Varadas Kitchen says
I prefer to cook to a menu too. It works so much better on busy mornings. Pressure cooker must cut down on cook time which is perfect.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
prefect during busy mornings. 🙂 Love it.
Sarita says
Nice yummy vegetable pulav.. Even I cook without tomatoes..
Padmajha PJ says
Of all the utensils in the kitchen I love my pressure cookers. I cook in them often and it is indeed the quick and easy way to get a meal done. I have bookmarked this briyani and will try for the weekend as we have guests over and it looks perfect for the occasion 🙂
veena krishnakumar says
Pulao looks perfectly cooked. Love these pressure cooker recipes:)
Sowmya :) says
The pulao looks very appetizing. I love to cook with the pressure cooker but my daughter is so scared of the whistle sound that I have to make secret service level plans to use to cooker
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Wonderful rice recipe and perfect for morning rush hours!
Gayathri Kumar says
This is such a quick way to make pulao. I am always afraid to cook rice as it turns out mushy how much ever I reduce the water. Need to learn using cooker..
Smruti Shah says
Such a perfect recipe to serve on busy weeknights. I always add tomato and never make pulao if I do not have tomato. Now I know how to work around it. Loved the idea!
Pavani N says
I love these one pot pressure cooker pulaos. Perfect for lunch boxes.
Sapana Behl says
I love these kinds of simple one pot meals.