Veg pulao recipe, Vegetable pulao, Lunch box recipes

Updated on December 6, 2020 by Raks Anand 46 Comments

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Veg pulao recipe with step by step pictures. Easy lunch recipe with mixed vegetables, perfect for lunch box and as one pot meal!

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I make this Veg pulao when ever I feel cooking something simple as one pot meal. This goes well with any rich gravy like butter paneer masalaorshahi paneer kind of side dishes. Aj loves this very much as well. Though he prefers Biryani more, he is fine with this simple vegetable pulao also.

After trying few combination of ingredients, I am now hooked to this recipe. I have added thin coconut milk for this pulao, however you can make it plain too. This makes a great lunch box recipe. I know many of you make this, still wanted to blog this recipe here. Might be helpful to beginners in cooking.

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Few general tips for making pulaos:

Use good quality basmati rice. Experiment few and stick to one brand.
Soak atleast 10 mins for soft and moist instead of too dry results.
Add rice only after water starts boiling to avoid rice getting mushy.
If pressure cooking by giving whistles, use water from 1 & ½ to 2 cups depending on the rice variety you use. Test which works best for you.
I usually do all pulao by slow cooking. After rice gets ¾th done, I put the flame to lowest and cook for 12-14 mins.
Add required salt in water itself. If you add and mix after pulao gets cooked, rice breaks.
Fluff pulao gently once after rice is done, do not over mix to avoid broken rice.

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Veg pulao recipe

Veg pulao recipe with step by step pictures. Easy lunch recipe with mixed vegetables, perfect for lunch box and as one pot meal!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Author Raks Anand

Servings 2

Cup measurements

Ingredients

1 cup Basmati rice
1 cup Mixed vegetables carrot, peas, beans, cauliflower -Chopped
1 Onion
3 Green chilli
1 & ½ cup Coconut milk or plain water
Salt
1 teaspoon Ghee

To grind

4 Garlic
1 inch Ginger piece
1 Cinnamon

To temper

1 tablespoon Oil
2 Cardamom
1 Cloves
1 Biryani leaf

Instructions

Soak basmati rice for atleast 10 mins.
Slice onion, green chillies. I used 1 small carrot, 8 beans, frozen peas and corn.
Peel and grind ginger, garlic, cinnamon with little water to fine paste.
Heat a small pressure cooker, add oil and temper with the items given under to temper table.
Add onion, green chilli and fry till transparent in medium flame. Add ground ginger garlic paste.
Give it a stir for a minute and add the vegetables.
Fry in medium flame for 2 mins.
Add the rice, drained from water. Mix well.
Add salt, coconut milk (or water) and bring to boil.
Close the pressure cooker and keep the flame in lowest flame possible and cook for 12 – 14 mins.
Or you can also keep for 2 whistles in medium flame also. Open and fluff the pulao carefully and mix ghee.

Notes

Soaking rice gives soft rice and needs less water to get cooked, hence we get separate grains.
Fry in medium flame to avoid browning of any ingredient which will make pulav look dull in colour.

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How to prepare veg pulao method

Soak basmati rice for atleast 10 mins. Slice onion, green chillies. I used 1 small carrot, 8 beans, frozen peas and corn. Peel and grind ginger, garlic, cinnamon with little water to fine paste.
Heat a small pressure cooker, add oil and temper with the items given under to temper table. Add onion,green chilli and fry till transparent in medium flame. Add ground ginger garlic paste.
Give it a stir for a minute and add the vegetables. Fry in medium flame for 2 mins. Add the rice, drained from water. Mix well.
Add salt, coconut milk (or water) and bring to boil. Close the pressure cooker and keep the flame in lowest flame possible and cook for 12 – 14 mins. Or you can also keep for 2 whistles in medium flame also. Open and fluff the pulav carefully and mix ghee.

We had it with butter paneer masala. So perfect with veg pulao.

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Comments

Anonymous
November 07, 2013 at 5:41 am

Looks so colourful Raji. I always prefer to do one pot pulav whenver i am hard pressed for time.
Love the clicks as usual.
Happy deepavali to you and your family.
Shobha
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AparnaRajeshkumar
November 07, 2013 at 5:47 am

very colourful raji ! esp the corn tempts me much !
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Arjunan Akilandeswari
November 07, 2013 at 6:48 am

Tempting Pulao
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Kpaanand Raaja
November 07, 2013 at 7:22 am

Great recipe.I would like to know the amount of coconut milk or water we have to add.Ratio for rice and water(coconut milk).
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Nivedhanams Sowmya
November 07, 2013 at 8:03 am

beautiful clicks as usual!!! looks so simple and elegant!!
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Kaveri Venkatesh
November 07, 2013 at 8:09 am

One of my go to dishes too when I am not in mood to cook..Perfectly made
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Mallika
November 07, 2013 at 10:20 am

I love this recipe. It's one of my favourites, and gets a lot of veg into hungry little bellies in one go. Although I do tend to use whole bay leaves and cinnamon and fish them out later. Will try your way
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Janani Nandagopal
November 07, 2013 at 2:01 pm

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Janani Nandagopal
November 07, 2013 at 2:02 pm

I love this recipe. Can I use milk instead of coconut milk or water ? Will it taste same
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Anu
November 07, 2013 at 2:11 pm

Simple and lovely.
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Shama Nagarajan
November 07, 2013 at 4:12 pm

simple yummy pulao
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T's Mom
November 07, 2013 at 4:31 pm

Pictures are awesome, just like in food magazine.
Congrats for crossing 1 lakh likes in facebook 🙂
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Hamaree Rasoi
November 07, 2013 at 4:54 pm

Colorful and delicious looking veg pulao.
Deepa
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Veena Theagarajan
November 08, 2013 at 12:01 am

simple yet flavourful rice
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Gayathri Sathyanarayanan
November 08, 2013 at 1:51 am

Looks colorful and delicious
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prathibha Garre
November 08, 2013 at 3:45 am

colourful n flavorful pulao...looks yumm with pbm
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Raks anand
November 08, 2013 at 4:04 am

You can try. But coconut milk gives a different flavor.
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Raks anand
November 08, 2013 at 4:05 am

Thank you 🙂
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Raks anand
November 08, 2013 at 4:06 am

Same as mentioned in the post. 1 : 1 & 1/2
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suganya ram
November 08, 2013 at 7:16 am

Hi Raji, The pulao is colourful & awesome .
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Shobana Vijay
November 08, 2013 at 8:05 am

Yummy.Perfect for lunch box.Corn sounds good and healthy dear.
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Sowmya Dinavahi
November 09, 2013 at 4:49 am

Looks yum raks.. I make it similarly 🙂 love the clicks
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Pavithra Manoj
November 13, 2013 at 9:31 am

looks very yummy and you are my inspiration... pavispassion.com
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anju mv
November 16, 2013 at 4:19 pm

wow.... awsme.... thanku sooooo much....
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anju mv
November 16, 2013 at 4:20 pm

wow.... awsme.... thanku sooooo much....
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SHARMILEE J
December 13, 2013 at 1:38 pm

Adding corn is a nice twist...looks colorful
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Shammi
December 17, 2013 at 9:45 am

I tried this recipe and it was simply delicious! I added some cashews while frying.. tasty!
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Vishnu Vardan Atmakuri
December 24, 2013 at 11:52 am

As u r soaking rice , make sure u just give two whistles as mentioned, else will be mashed up... Self experience... Very good n simple ... Thank u 🙂
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neha
February 17, 2014 at 1:30 pm

Just tried it.... turned out to b yummy...:-) wanted to upload a pic of the pulao... but can't here... 🙂
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Krishnaraj
February 25, 2014 at 1:18 pm

Thanks for this recipe... Helped me make a quick Sunday lunch for my wife and kid today 🙂
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Krishnaraj
February 25, 2014 at 1:18 pm

Thanks for this recipe. Helped me make a quick Sunday lunch for my wife today 🙂
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Ek Cutting Chai 365
May 05, 2014 at 1:36 am

Great recepie. Just made it for my wife. She loved it totally. Thanks
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Clint Joseph
July 22, 2014 at 1:25 am

After 15 minutes of cooking whether it requires to wait until all the steam left automatically? ??
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Raks anand
July 22, 2014 at 1:26 am

Yes of course
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Clint Joseph
July 23, 2014 at 11:31 am

Thank you rakh's...pulav mission was completed successfully... 🙂 definitely this a simple recipe for bachelor's.
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Pavithra Manikandan
October 20, 2014 at 9:44 am

Tastey
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Joel Jeldo
November 05, 2014 at 11:42 pm

Can we add mint and coriander leaves
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Ambika Manikantan
December 22, 2014 at 10:40 am

Super health dish mam
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mv
October 10, 2015 at 9:30 am

I am a big fan of ur cooking! Every time I try any dish from ur post that has basmati rice... The rice comes out soggy Instead being separate like u have.. I have reduced the water as well..any suggestions...
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Raks anand
October 10, 2015 at 10:27 am

May be the water is not getting absorbed, cook for more time. Or is it getting mushy?
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Wajid Ali
November 27, 2015 at 4:32 am

Goog
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saranayaki rajaraman
June 28, 2016 at 6:44 am

Hi.I dn use onion garlic .can u post no onion no garlic recipes fr gravy, sambar, chutney
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RBharat
July 30, 2016 at 9:07 am

Thanks a lot for this wonderful recipe. I made it today as am hard pressed for time. Am sure my folks are going to love this wholesome one pot meal.
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Renu Sri
April 24, 2017 at 6:00 am

This is a wonderful recipe I tried today n it came out very well. All my guest liked it thank for this...
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prasad optimist
August 10, 2017 at 2:20 pm

Thanks. Will try it tomorrow and tell u how it is
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Unknown
October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

Prepared for dinner.. Came out very well thank you
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