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Published: Jul 7, 2022 | Last Updated On: Jul 7, 2022 by Aarthi

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Vegetable Cashew Pulao Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a Indian Style Rice dish where rice is cooked with spices, cashew nuts and vegetables.

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Vegetable Cashew Pulao

This is what i made for lunch today, it was so yum. I couldn't wait longer to share with you all. Made this and served with gobi manchurian, actually i made two version of gobi manchurian, a dry version and a gravy version. I also made a cherry tomato raita which i made using the beautiful cute little tomatoes which i got in my super market yesterday. All those recipes coming up..

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Ingredients for Vegetable Cashew Pulao

Basmati Rice - 2 cup ( I used India Gate)
Oil - 2 tbsp
Butter - 2 tbsp
Cashews - a handful or ¼ cup
Bay Leaf - 2
Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 small stick
Cardamom /. Yelakai - 5
Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Mace / Jadhipattiri - 1
Onions - 1 large peeled and sliced thinly
Green Chillies - 6 to 7 slit
Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tbsp
Tomatoes - 1 large chopped
Carrots - 1 medium size chopped
Celery - 1 chopped
Cauliflower - ½ cup chopped
Beans - 10 chopped
Potato - 1 peeled and chopped
Capsicum / Bell Pepper - ½ chopped
Salt to taste
Water - 3 cup

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

How to Make Vegetable Cashew Pulao

Heat oil and butter in a pressure cooker. Add in cashews and whole spices. Saute till cashews turn golden.
Now add in onions, green chillies and saute till golden.
Add in salt and ginger garlic paste. Saute for a min or so.
Then add in tomatoes and cook till it turns mushy,
Add in veggies and mix well. Saute for 5 to 7 mins till raw smell leaves.
Add in drained rice and mix well.
Pour in water and bring it to a boil.
Cover the cooker and cook on a very very low heat for 1 whistle or 15 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself.
Open the cooker, fluff the rice and serve.

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Vegetable Cashew Pulao Recipe

Vegetable Cashew Pulao Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a Indian Style Rice dish where rice is cooked with spices, cashew nuts and vegetables.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Ingredients

▢ 2 cups Basmati Rice I used India Gate
▢ 2 tbsp Oil
▢ 2 tbsp Butter
▢ ¼ cup or a handful Cashews
▢ 2 Bay Leaf
▢ 1 small stick Cinnamon / Pattai
▢ 5 Cardamom /. Yelakai
▢ 1 tsp Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf
▢ 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
▢ 1 Mace / Jadhipattiri
▢ 1 large Onions peeled and sliced thinly
▢ 6 to 7 slit Green Chillies
▢ 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
▢ 1 large Tomatoes chopped
▢ 1 medium size Carrots chopped
▢ 1 Celery chopped
▢ ½ cup Cauliflower chopped
▢ 10 Beans chopped
▢ 1 Potato peeled and chopped
▢ ½ Capsicum / Bell Pepper chopped
▢ Salt to taste
▢ 3 cups Water

Instructions

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Heat oil and butter in a pressure cooker. Add in cashews and whole spices. Saute till cashews turn golden.
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Now add in onions, green chillies and saute till golden.
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Add in salt and ginger garlic paste. Saute for a min or so.
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Then add in tomatoes and cook till it turns mushy,
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Add in veggies and mix well. Saute for 5 to 7 mins till raw smell leaves.
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Add in drained rice and mix well.
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Pour in water and bring it to a boil.
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Cover the cooker and cook on a very very low heat for 1 whistle or 15 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself.
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Open the cooker, fluff the rice and serve.

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Vegetable Cashew Pulao Recipe Step by Step

Take all your ingredients

I soaked my basmati rice for nearly 1 hour

I used a variety of mixed veggies like carrots, potato,
capsicum, cauliflower and celery

In a pressure cooker, add in oil

add in some butter

now add in the whole spices, i have cinnamon, bay leaf, cardamom, fennel seeds, cumin seeds and mace

add in a handful of cashews

saute them for a while

now add in onions and green chillies

saute them well

cook till the onions turn golden

add in ginger garlic paste

season with salt

now it is all mixed in

add in cubed tomatoes

cook till tomatoes is broken down

add in the mixed veggies

saute in the oil

i kept on sauteing them till the raw smell leaves from the veggies

add in drained rice

toss well so the rice gets coated in the butter and the masala

pour in water. for 1 cup of rice add 1.5 cup of water

give everything a good mix

bring it to a boil

cover and simmer on a very low flame for 1 whistle
or for 15 to 20 mins

this is how it looks once cooked

fluff up the rice and store in a hot case

enjoy

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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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Anonymous
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can we use normal rice instead of basmathi
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Aarthi
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@Anonymousyes u can use
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