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<\/picture><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nA couple of weeks ago, I was chatting with my mum. One of our usual dialogue unsurprisingly revolve around food and recipes. So, I was telling her that I had made vegetable pulao three times already during the same week. \u201cThree times?!\u201d, she said. \u201cAre you testing a new recipe?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, yes and no. I have made pulao so many times before that I hardly need to test it. Besides it is such a versatile recipe that I always make it slightly different every time, depending on what I have on hand. So, the real reason was because I had other things on my schedule and still wanted to eat something homely, delicious and nutritious that doesn\u2019t require a lot of time to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do love cooking, no doubt about this. However, some weeks I do have quite a few things on my plate already, like our new crochet shop<\/a> that we\u2019ve recently opened (more on this later). I could order in some vegan food or grab a box of cucumber and avocado sushi from our local supermarket, but to be honest, there are only a few places that do nice take-outs. Homemade is so much healthier and food made at home tastes a lot better too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roasted or steamed vegetables with baked tofu and mushrooms<\/a> usually are my go-to quick dinners that require under 20 minutes of preparation time. But sometimes we really want something more comforty and spicy delicious. And it occurred to me that I had not made a vegetable pulao for quite a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are many different versions of pulao out there that involves different spices and methods of cooking. Some pulao recipes call for pre-cooked rice where the rice and vegetables are stir fried, more like a spicy Indian fried rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My version for today is an easy 30-minute one pot rice dish that requires minimal supervision and stirring \u2014 much simpler than a biryani.<\/a> It\u2019s probably more like 35 minutes including preparation time if you are not a beginner at chopping vegetables. You can also use mixed frozen vegetables. They are just perfect for this dish and will cut the preparation time to even less if you are really short of time or just want to take a day off prepping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If using frozen veggies, just add them directly from frozen and follow on with the recipe in the same way. Aside from the veggies listed in the recipe, you may use a variety of other vegetables like green beans, mushrooms, courgette (zucchini) or broccoli to mention a few. Try to keep the amount of (chopped) vegetables to not more than three cups per one cup of rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ideal rice for this pulao dish is basmati rice. It cooks in about 15 minutes which is just about the same time that the vegetables will take to cook to their optimum texture and taste. If you are substituting with any other rice, you may need to let the rice soak for a lot longer or actually half-cook it beforehand. So, this will need some advance planning and will take a little more time to cook overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This vegetable pulao dish can be made in an instant pot<\/a> or pressure cooker if you have one. In this case, it will only require about 7 minutes cooking time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are missing one or two spices from the list, it is okay. Just make sure you at least have cumin, cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom in there. You can also use ready-made biryani spice mix<\/a>, 2 \u2013 3 teaspoons should do the trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Affiliate disclosure:<\/em><\/strong> This post contains affiliate links. This means when you click on the link and make a purchase, we get a few cents tossed our way. You pay the same price for the product as you would otherwise but the small commission helps us maintain and run this site, make videos and keep the recipes free for you to access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"vegetable](\"https:\/\/veganlovlie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/vegetable-puloa_03.webp)
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