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Published: Oct 27, 2013 · Modified: Jan 21, 2022 by Sandhya Ramakrishnan · This post may contain affiliate links

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 reading through many blogs, I learned that this is 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.

Tawa Pulao in a bowl.

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 incorporating 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.

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Tawa Pulao in two bowl with lemon.


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
Tawa Pulao served with lemon slice.

Procedure –

  • Cook the rice with 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 carrot 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.
Frying onions in a pan.
  • 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 few minutes until it turns mushy.
Added chopped tomato in the pan.
  • Now add the parboiled carrot and peas and mix well. Add all the dry masala powders and salt and mix well.
Added the rest of the ingredients.
  • Cook covered for about 5 minutes or until the oil start oozing out of the sides of the pan.
Cooking everything in a 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!
Tawa Pulao is ready to serve.

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Tasty Tawa Pulao in a bowl

Tawa Pulao - A Popular Mumbai Street Food

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. 
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Course: Easy recipe, Rice Dishes
Cuisine: Indian
Diet: Low Salt
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 3 people
Calories: 396kcal
Author: Sandhya Ramakrishnan

Equipment

  • spatula
  • pan
  • bowl

Ingredients

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

Instructions

  • Cook the rice with 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 carrot 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.
  • Move this along the side and then add tomatoes. Fry for 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 start oozing out of the sides of the pan.
  • Add the cooked rice to the masala and mix carefully without breaking the rice.
  • At the end add the lemon/lime juice and garnish with cilantro.
  • Serve hot with raita!

Nutrition

Calories: 396kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 52mg | Potassium: 613mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 9657IU | Vitamin C: 89mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 1mg
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Comments

  1. vaishali sabnani says

    October 30, 2013 at 11:24 pm

    In spite of eating it umpteen times this pulao always remids me of BM 25..loved your version.

    Reply
  2. Sapana Behl says

    October 30, 2013 at 12:44 pm

    Very delicious pulav. We enjoyed it too when I prepared it for BM....

    Reply
  3. Saraswathi Tharagaram says

    October 30, 2013 at 4:21 am

    Irresistible pulao and sure it would have tasted great!!

    Reply
  4. Pavani N says

    October 29, 2013 at 2:25 am

    Yummy looking tawa pulao -- love these one pot dishes.

    Reply
  5. Harini-Jaya R says

    October 28, 2013 at 3:03 am

    Mouthwatering street food!

    Reply
  6. Chef Mireille says

    October 28, 2013 at 2:33 am

    a wonderful dish to go with any curry to roast

    Reply
  7. Manjula Bharath says

    October 27, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    wow very very delicious tawa pulao looks so yummy !! 🙂 very tempting !!

    Reply
  8. Srivalli says

    October 27, 2013 at 1:19 pm

    We loved it so much when we tasted this during our visit to Vaishalis place..very nice one..

    Reply
  9. Priya Suresh says

    October 27, 2013 at 9:21 am

    Super like, never get bore of this fantastic,flavourful tawa pulao..my favourite.

    Reply
  10. Rajani S says

    October 27, 2013 at 9:20 am

    THis is in my bookmark list as well :)..A very tasty and easy to put together recipe, right?

    Reply
  11. Arthy Suman says

    October 27, 2013 at 6:47 am

    delicious looking pulao...im sure it tastes great

    Reply
  12. Sona S says

    October 27, 2013 at 6:10 am

    Looks delicious and yummy.

    Reply
  13. Aruna Manikandan says

    October 27, 2013 at 4:20 am

    pulao looks delicious 🙂

    Reply
  14. Shobana Vijay says

    October 27, 2013 at 3:43 am

    Simple and best lunch box pack.Adding Dry mango powder is new to me.

    Reply
  15. Arjunan Akilandeswari says

    October 27, 2013 at 1:23 am

    Yummy pulao

    Reply

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