For the day 3 of bookmarked recipe, I decided to do this very simple Tawa pulao from Pradnya’s space. I have personally never eaten this as a street food, but 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 cooked over very high heat. This allows incorporating a nice smoky taste to 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 it in.
Preparation time – 15 mins
Cooking time – 30 min plus 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 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!
vaishali sabnani says
In spite of eating it umpteen times this pulao always remids me of BM 25..loved your version.
Sapana Behl says
Very delicious pulav. We enjoyed it too when I prepared it for BM....
Saraswathi Tharagaram says
Irresistible pulao and sure it would have tasted great!!
Pavani N says
Yummy looking tawa pulao -- love these one pot dishes.
Harini-Jaya R says
Mouthwatering street food!
Chef Mireille says
a wonderful dish to go with any curry to roast
Manjula Bharath says
wow very very delicious tawa pulao looks so yummy !! 🙂 very tempting !!
Srivalli says
We loved it so much when we tasted this during our visit to Vaishalis place..very nice one..
Priya Suresh says
Super like, never get bore of this fantastic,flavourful tawa pulao..my favourite.
Rajani S says
THis is in my bookmark list as well :)..A very tasty and easy to put together recipe, right?
Arthy Suman says
delicious looking pulao...im sure it tastes great
Sona S says
Looks delicious and yummy.
Aruna Manikandan says
pulao looks delicious 🙂
Shobana Vijay says
Simple and best lunch box pack.Adding Dry mango powder is new to me.
Arjunan Akilandeswari says
Yummy pulao