It’s an easy to prepare rice variety. It is also called mixed vegetable pulavu.
Ingredients:
Cooked rice: 3 cups
Coriander leaves: 1 bunch
Green chilies: 3
Shredded coconut: 2 tsp
Fine onion slices: from 3 onions
Chopped onions: from 1/2 onion
Cinnamon: a few sticks
Cardamom: a few
Cloves: a few
Red chili powder: 1 ½ tsp
Cauliflower: 1 cup
Garlic: 2 flakes
Ginger: a small piece
Ghee : 3 tbsp
Beans, carrots, green peas etc.: as required
Ghee for frying
Salt to taste
Method of preparation:
- Grind together the chopped onions from ½ onion, shredded coconut, garlic, ginger and coriander into smooth paste. This is the masala.
- Fry the onions in ghee.
- Add cloves, cinnamon and cardamom.
- When onions become brown, add red chili powder and fry for a while.
- Add all the vegetables including the cauliflower.
- Sprinkle some water, close the lid and cook under low flame for about 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle water as and when required.
- Remove from flame and transfer the content into a large vessel.
- Add cooked rice, masala and salt.
- Mix thoroughly and heat a little.
- Serve with kuruma (kurma), salna, Raita and pickle.
