Tava Pulav is one of Mumbai's famous street food. For under Rs.100 ($2), you get a fabulous meal (of course, the oil and grease notwithstanding!!). Today, I have made this Tava Pulav in a quick-to-make version, which hardly takes 10 mins if you have the cooked rice on hand and the veggies chopped. Now, that's quick right ? The choice of vegetables is totally upto you. I usually add most of the seasonal veggies,taking care not to add tomatoes or any other water-based vegetables, lest it turns soggy.
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Prep time : 10 mins. Cooking time : 10 mins. Serves : 2
Ingredients:
- Long grained rice - 1/2 cup
- Oil - 2 TBSP
- Onions - chopped - 1/2 cup
- Mixed Veggies - 1 cup ( I used cauliflower / beans / carrots / spring onions)
- Salt - to taste
- Jeera / Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
- Dhaniya powder (Coriander powder) - 1/2 TBSP
- Pav bhaji Masala - 2 TBSP
- Red chilli powder - 1/2 TBSP (optional - i did not add this for kiddo's lunchbox)
- Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
- Amchur powder - 1/2 tsp
- Garam Masala powder - 1/2 tsp
- Lemon juice & Coriander leaves - to garnish
Method:
1) Soak and cook rice till done. Fluff up the grains in a large plate and cool slightly.
2) In a large skillet (or tava), heat oil. Splutter cumin seeds.
3) Fry onions till they slightly brown.
4) Add the chopped veggies and saute.
5) When they cook 3/4 (about 5 mins - you can also slightly sprinkle water and cook them), add salt, pav bhaji masala, red chilli powder, turrmeric, dhaniya powder , amchur and saute quickly. Take care that the veggies dont turn mushy
6) Now add the cooked rice and toss them twice or thrice till the rice mixes with the veggies
7) Turn off the stove. Finish with Lemon juice and coriander
8) Serve with baked chips or raitha. Even simple curd (yoghurt) works wonderfully well :)
u got it perfectly well...i make it similarly too...yumm isnt it
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Made them for yesterday's lunch and the follow the same way too. Well done.
ReplyDeletecool i make same way except for lemon on top
ReplyDeletewe all can make varieties of pulao na
i made tomato soup pulao today. just put the recipe you can check out when u get time
and mumbai street food is always awesome
yummy pulao my all time favourite :)
ReplyDeleteHeard a lot about this pulao, shud try this out soon..
ReplyDeleteKalyani..this needs a blob of butter!!...and..wow..my mouths watering..have u ever had this tawa pulao at Santa Cruz..there is a stall ..this guy starts after midnight and is on till 5 a.m!!
ReplyDeleteperfect for lunch box
ReplyDeletecolorful presentation...love it!!!
ReplyDeletevery nice! vibrant colors too!
ReplyDeleteEasy and tasty pulao.
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Looks fab!..nice to know abt the rates in mumbai..:)
ReplyDeleteO wow, I swear I thought you went to VT and click the pic of the Tawa Pulao they serve there. It looks good!
ReplyDeletelooks delicious! yummy one this one! :)
ReplyDeleteDelicious and yummy !!
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very delicious n inviting pulao...nicely done!!
ReplyDeletethanks for this wonderful entry..
Yummy tawa pulao.
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I have heard of tawa pulao never tried it. Lazy bones I guess. Will surely try this.
ReplyDeleteThis looks so good.
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Looks very colorful!
ReplyDeleteTava Pulav is a great dish...i really like it.. Nice recipe and lovely click.. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteYummy pulao and my favorite too
ReplyDeleteMade this a while ago and this is the best tava pulao I've ever tasted. Thank you for sharing this recipe Kalyani!
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