I started cooking with mushrooms only a couple of years ago, thanks to my son who loves mushrooms. For some reason I am still not comfortable with mushrooms and I patiently pick the mushroom pieces and hand it over to K or my son. Picky eater !!. So in order to make mushrooms interesting I decided to pair it up with rice, which is my all time favorite and the result was this yummy pulao. My son loved it and so did I. It is very easy to put together and a nice way to incorporate mushrooms in Indian cooking.
I have used mushrooms and peas, but feel free to add any vegetable on hand along with mushrooms. This is perfect for a weeknight dinner as it takes less time to prepare and cleanup is a breeze too. Off to the tasty pulao.
Ingredients
2 tsp oil
Few cloves and a small piece of cinnamon
1 medium onion (1.5 cups sliced)
3 green chillies
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tomato
8 oz mushrooms (about 3 cups sliced)
1 cup peas
1.5 cups basmati rice
3 cups water
Turmeric
Salt
1/2 tsp chilly powder (Adjust to taste)
1/2 tsp garam masala
Method
Soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in the pressure pan. Add cloves and cinnamon followed by onion, chillies, ginger and garlic paste.
Saute until the onions are done. Add the tomatoes.
Saute until tomatoes become mushy.
Add the mushrooms.
Add salt so that the mushrooms sweat and leave out excess water. Saute till the mushrooms shrink. (Otherwise the extra water from the mushrooms will make the rice go mushy)
Add the peas.
Saute for 2-3 minutes.
Add the rice.
Add water.
Add the spice powders. (Turmeric, chilly powder, garam masala and salt. Remember we already added salt to sweat the mushrooms, so add accordingly)
Cover and cook until rice is done. I normally simmer for 10 minutes after the water starts boiling.
Yummy and tasty mushroom pulao ready. We had it with cranberry-onion raita. The rice was perfect with the right blend of spices and tasted great.
Enjoy!
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wow, that looks soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo delicious
wow…mushroom pulav looks so delicious and perfect..loved that first click….:)
Love this dish. It looks fantastic!
this is a good recipe for packing hubbys lunch…
Ramya
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pulav looks delicious.
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wow dear…this will be awesomely delicious…beautiful clicks make my mouth water….
Looks so flavourful n yummy
Yummy pulao dear…………
Wow u r making me hungry now,luks very tempting pulao…
Looks delicious!! Love mushrooms any day!!
That's nice n easy…I can handle mushrooms only in pizza and not in any other dish
. Maybe I should try this…
Nice healthy mushroom pulao !!
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That pulao looks so yummy!!! Reminds me of my mom's mushroom pulao
That's such a healthy yummy bowl of pulao.
So simple & aromatic…!! Rice is perfectly cooked
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Thats a wonderful one pot meal..
I love mushrooms…and this pulao looks so yummy…
Healthy and yummy pulao..beautiful
Lovely looking dish.
Love the spring onions and peas in the menu…
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Even I am not very much comfortable with eating mushrooms.. Healthy and flavorful if prepared with rice this way.. Nice clicks..
So simple and yet filling and flavorful.
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Super easy and tasty pulao!!
Looks really delicious! I love it! I almost cook mushroom pulao last week! We love mushroom! Thanks for sharing yours!
Lovely one pot meal:-)
Looks very delicious..nice flavorful one..:)
very tempting and yummy pulao.you have a nice blog you can visit my blog and give ur valuable comments.
indu Srinivasan
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yummy rice n good flavors..
simple n healthy pulao
Yummy and nice combination of flavors…
I am also not a fan of mushroom but started loving it when cooked with Indian spices…pulav looks so inviting n lovely clicks!!!
I too dont eat mushrooms and pick it out of pizzas / soups when served.. But I would love to cook this for my kid and hubby, who love this..
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Thanks for the step by step tutorial! The rice looks great.
thats a delicious recipe. love it.
Nutritious tempting pulao.
So delicious & so nutritious!! Nice pulao Vardhini
Simple and yummy pulao…looks delicious
I am also so picky when it comes to mushroom. Your recipe looks delicious.
Cheers,
Uma
looks wow- lovely bowl there
Mushroom pulao looks delicious.