Tawa Pulao | Mumbai Style

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Here goes the favorite Mumbai street food, Tawa Pulao recipe. Its an excellent main course recipe, which is quick and very easy to put-together. This is healthy and tastes yummy with the flavor of pav bhaji. It is prepared on the same tawa in which the street vendors prepare pav bhaji, hence the pulao got its name Tawa Pulao. Learn to make delicious tawa pulao with step by step pictures. Similar Recipes..

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 1 cup

Butter or oil -1 tbsp

Cumin seeds - ½ tsp

Red chilly - 1 or 2

Garlic -4 to 5 pods

Onion - 1

Capsicum - ½

Tomato - 1 big

Turmeric pwd - a pinch

Red chilly pwd - ½ tsp

Pav bhaji masala pwd - 1 ½ tsp

Cooked peas - ½ cup

Fresh coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Instructions

1.

Wash and soak the basmati rice for 5 mins

2.

Drain the water

3.

Cook the rice in pressure cookeror whatever way you prefer

4.

The rice must be cooked to separate grains and should not be mushy

5.

Spread the rice in a wide bowl and cool it thoroughly

6.

Make a paste of red chilly and garlic in mixie by adding enough water

7.

Cube onion, tomato, capsicum and keep ready

8.

Now melt butter in a tawa /pan

9.

Add cumin seeds and wait to splutter

10.

Add chilly garlic paste

11.

Stir good

12.

Add finely cubed onion and saute until light brown

13.

Add capsicum pieces and mix

14.

Now add sliced tomatoes

15.

Toss until the tomatoes turn mushy and cooked

16.

Add turmeric pwd, red chilly pwd, salt and pav bhaji masala

17.

Stir well until the masalas are incorporated good

18.

Add ½ cup of water and mix

19.

Allow to cook until the masala thickens

20.

Now add cooked rice and fluff gently

21.

Add cooked peas and combine

22.

Sprinkle freshly chopped coriander leaves

23.

Turn off the flame

24.

Flavorful delicious tawa pulao is ready in no time

25.

Serve hot with onion or mint raitha

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