Tawa Pulao - A Popular Mumbai Street Food

Tawa Pulao - A Popular Mumbai Street Food

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For day 3 of the bookmarked recipe, I decided to do this very simple Tawa pulao from Pradnya's space. I have personally never eaten this as street food, but after reading through many blogs, I learned that this is a very popular street food in Mumbai.

I am a big fan of street food. I truly believe that there is some magic to it that is not there in the restaurant-served foods. This rice recipe was so quick to put together.

We just need to have all the ingredients lined up, so everything can go inside the very hot pan right after one another. Also, it is important to make this dish in a Tawa or a very wide pan and cook over very high heat. This allows the incorporation of a nice smoky taste into the dish.

I used bell pepper, carrot, and peas to make this pulav. You could add any vegetable of your choice. Make sure to parboil the vegetables before you add them in.

Preparation time - 15 mins
Cooking time - 30 min plus the time taken to cook rice
Difficulty level - easy

Ingredients to make Tawa Pulao - Serves 3 or 4

Basmati rice - 1 cup
Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
Bell pepper - 1 or ½ cup (finely chopped)
Carrot - 1 or ½ cup (finely chopped)
Peas - ¼ cup
Tomatoes - 2 (finely chopped)
Pav bhaji Masala - 1 tbsp
Red chili powder - 1 tsp
Amchur powder/ dry mango powder - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Butter/oil - 2 tbsp
Lime/lemon juice- 2 tbsp
Cilantro - to garnish

Procedure -

Cook the rice with the required water. Make sure that the grains are intact and do not turn mushy. Spread it on a wide plate and let it cool down.

Parboil carrots and peas and keep aside.

In a wide pan or a tawa, heat the oil/butter. Add the chopped onions and fry on high heat until golden.

Now move the sautéed onions to a side of the pan and add the chopped bell pepper. Fry until golden brown.

Frying onions and green chillies crushed.

Move this along the side and then add tomatoes. Fry for a few minutes until it turns mushy.

Now add the parboiled carrot and peas and mix well. Add all the dry masala powders and salt and mix well.

Cook covered for about 5 minutes or until the oil starts oozing out of the sides of the pan.

Add the cooked rice to the masala and mix carefully without breaking the rice.

Rice in a pan with the other ingredients.

At the end add the lemon/lime juice and garnish with cilantro.

Serve hot with raita!

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