Mixed Vegetable Pulav with Coconut Milk (Pressure/Rice Cooker)

Mixed Vegetable Pulav with Coconut Milk (Pressure/Rice Cooker)

Another Gluten free rice pulav recipe. The addition of coconut milk gives a different flavour to the pulav, You can add turmeric if you don’t like the white colour of the pulav-but I don’t add it as it makes the pulav look different.

This can be made in a pressure cooker or even in the rice cooker. I normally fry it in a kadai and then transfer it into the rice cooker and add water and let it steam. I know many who even do the frying of the onions and veggies in the rice cooker itself-but I prefer to do it separately.

Mixed Vegetable Pulav with Coconut Milk (Pressure/Rice Cooker)

Ingredients for Mixed vegetable pulav with coconut milk

• Basmati rice: 1 cup
• Mixed vegetables(Green beans, carrots, peas): 1 cup
• Onion: 1 medium (thinly sliced)
• Ginger-garlic paste: 1 tsp
• Green Chilis: 1-2 (slit length wise)
• Cashew nuts: 10-12nos.
• Jeera: 1 tsp
• Cardamom: 4nos.
• Cinnamon: 1″
• Peppercorns: 8nos.
• Cloves: 4nos.
• Bay leaf: 1 no.
• Coriander leaves: 2-3 tbsp (chopped)
• Coconut milk: 2 cups
• Ghee: 2tbsp
• salt to taste

Method:

1.  Wash and soak the rice for 20 minutes.

• In the meanwhile , heat 2 tsp of ghee in a kadai /pressure pan and add the whole spices (cumin seeds, pepper, cinnamon, etc) and saute for a few seconds.Then add the green chilies and cashews.
• Add the sliced onions and saute till the onions start turning golden.
• Add the mixed veggies and saute for a 1-2 minutes(if using the rice cooker, then make sure to saute it for a little longer till the veggies are half cooked)) .
• Add the ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw aroma of ginger and garlic goes away.
• Drain the water from the soaked rice and add it to the kadai and fry for a few minutes (if making in a rice cooker, now would be the step to transfer from the kadai to the rice cooker).
• Add the coconut milk, salt to taste add 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves and mix well.
• Pressure cook for one whistle(if using rice cooker, just switch on and it’ll be ready in 15-20mins)
• Once the pressure drops, open the lid and gently fluff the pulav.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with a spicy side dish(as this pulav is mostly bland, it’s best served with something spicy)