Fragrant, comforting, and easy to serve as a complete meal, Tawa Pulao Recipe | Mumbai Tawa Pulao | Pav Bhaji Pulao is a vegetarian indian street food rice made with oil, butter, and cumin in about 30 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: rice
- Cuisine: indian street food
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp cumin
- ½ onion (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- ½ capsicum (finely chopped)
- 3 tbsp peas
- 1 carrot (chopped)
- 2 tomato (chopped)
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 3 tsp pav bhaji masala
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 potato (boiled)
- 2 tbsp coriander (chopped)
- 5 cup cooked rice (basmati)
- 2 chilli (slit)
- ½ lemon
Method
- Firstly, in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil, 1 tbsp butter and splutter 1 tsp cumin.
- Add ½ onion, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste and saute until onion softens.
- Now add ½ capsicum, 3 tbsp peas, 1 carrot, 2 tomato and stir fry until the vegetables turn crunchy.
- Keeping the flame on low, add ¼ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder, 3 tsp pav bhaji masala and 1 tsp salt.
- Saute until the spices turn aromatic.
- Also, add 2 tbsp water and cook until all the masala are cooked well.
- Add in 1 potato, 2 tbsp coriander and mix until the masala is coated well.
- Further, add 5 cup cooked rice and mix gently.
- Now add 2 chilli, 2 tbsp coriander and ½ lemon. Mix well making sure everything is well combined.
- Finally, enjoy Tawa Pulao Recipe with raita.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
