Coconut Milk Vegetable Pulao Recipe – Microwave Version
Ingredients:
Basmati Rice : 1 cup
Coconut Milk : 1cup
Beans : 1/4 cup (chopped)
Carrot: : 1/4 cup (chopped)
Capsicum : 1/4 cup (diced)
Green Chillies : 4-5 or to your spice level (slit in middle)
Potato : 1/4 cup (diced)
Cinnamon Stick : 1″piece
Cloves : 2 nos
Cardamom : 2 pods
Cashew nut : 10-15 nos
Coriander leaves : few (chopped)
Oil/Ghee : 1 tbsp
Water : 1 cups
Salt to taste
How to make Coconut Milk Vegetable Pulao :
1. Wash and soak the basmati rice for 20-30 minutes.
2. In a microwave-safe dish,add oil/ghee,cardamom,cinnamon stick,and cloves,mix well; uncover the dish and microwave it for 2 minutes.
3. Add the chopped carrots,beans,diced capsicums,potato,green chillies and little salt, mix well and microwave for another 8 mins, uncovered.
4. Add coconut milk and 1 cups water,mix well,add salt to taste; uncover the dish and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally; Stir once after 5 minutes. (Note: Cooking time may vary depending on microwave so adjust the timing accordingly.)
5. Let the rice stand for a 5 minutes, fluff it up with a fork.
6. Fry the cashewnut in ghee and garnish to vegetable pulao. Serve hot with raita or pickle and Enjoy!
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Hi Sangeetha – I love your blog and when I started out as a new wife this helped me so much! Microwave pulao is the 1st recipe I tried and it came out so well, its my fav dish as it is so easy to make and tastes yummy. I swear by your recipes and for an amateur cook like me, its my cooking bible.. BIG THANKYOU and never stop!!
Hi Sangeetha – I love your blog and when I started out as a new wife this helped me so much! Microwave pulao is the 1st recipe I tried and it came out so well, its my fav dish as it is so easy to make and tastes yummy. I swear by your recipes and for an amateur cook like me, its my cooking bible.. BIG THANKYOU and never stop!!
Oh wow! Never thought you could get such consistency by cooking pulao in the microwave… nice recipe and great click btw!
pulav looks so delicious Sangeetha. Interesting recipe using microwave, A must try.
we had it for dinner last night. comfortable food . Urs look so colorful and delicious dear.Nice presentation..:)
Thanks gita Do try this and let me know..:)
Thank u Lissie for ur encouragement & sweet comments.
Preeti I'm glad u like the recipe….and thanks for letting me know that!!:)
delicious veg pulav! nice presentation too… 🙂
Wow…your presentation looks gorgeous…I have bookmarked this recipe to try it later…thanks 🙂
Thank you ALL my friends so much again for your lovely comments, I really appreciate your time. You all rock my world!!!
Thank u Sh..The water won't spill if u cook uncovered and stir the rice in regular intervals (every 5 minutes).:)
Nice presentation sangee..adding coconut milk adds more taste to pulav..will try it soon.
Pulav looks tempting,Nice presentation
Enikuvayya….adipoli presentation. Tempting…
wow!xllnt presentation dear!
Wonderful presentation with mouth watering pictures. Lovely dish.
Looks gorgeous and colorful dearie..
Wow what a wonderful presentation. Pictures are so tempting. Have a qn..Wont the rice water not spill when u cook them in microwave however big the vessel is? If not, how are you achieving this
hi sangeetha, tried this wonderful pulav recipe today for hubby's lunch. It came out very well. Thnks for sharing it.
kollaam kalakki… ithu kandittu vayillu kappal odan olla vellam ondu…
That is one Delectable Meal. Beautiful Presentation. I'm still admiring ur Coconut Milk Vegetable Pulav….
Wow looks so delicious, nice one.
wow..looks very tempting.Interesting recipe and love the presentation 🙂
Awesome..and lovely clicks..very tempting!!!
A lovely dish and nice presentation.
WOW..wat a pretty pulav dear…gorgeous presentation…lov it…
Nice clicks!!! Yummy Yummy pulav…
This looks so appetising and so well presented sangeetha, you have made me hungry again.
delicious rice..i too have posted it long bak
The pulav looks very nice and delicious and a nice presentation.
Fantastic presentation and beautiful dish…delicious!!
Wow…coconut milk flavour pulava..manam evide vare ethi..hoo..yummmyyy sanghi..wonderful recipe..
Oh, that looks absolutely amazing! I really love your presentation:) I'm also interested in this recipe, coconut milk and rice sound like a delicious combination plus all the yummy viggies and cashews, I'll go for it, thanks for such a fantastic recipe:)
Mmmmm !!!! Interesting recipe and beautiful presentation.
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It's a lovely presentation! Looks awesome and yummy! It's healthy too!
The pulao looks lovely and inviting.
Yummy pulav dear… Never tried in microwave will surely try soon… Nice presentation…
superb presentation sangeetha..ur pic are really nice and recipes are always good..
wow! lovely presentation ..I can feel the aroma of the spices…You are so talented sangeetha..
Iam impressed,fab presentation
sangee.Could see your passion for
cooking.
nice presentation…yummy pulav with coconut milk
A delicious pulav with coconut milk! Looks just gorgeous!
Beautiful presentation… and very flavorful pulav… looks yummm 🙂
Dear Sangeetha
I want to try this dish in microven, but I never cooked rice in Micro..what energy setting did you put generally for rice. I can set my micro 900 Watt ( highest) to 180 (lowest)
Else I will make it normally
Have a nice weekend
what a coincidence.i made it for dinner last night.and did it first using coconut milk.we all liked it.
This version also sounds yummy.and nie presentation too.
Interesting microwave version and Lovely presentation.
wow!!!!! what a decoration? Mouthwatering…..
Wow!!tempting pulav with alovely presentation!!
what a beautiful presentation! This looks great!
hey,
wat a yummy presentation..nice dish!!!
What an interesting dish! I love the way you presented it! You have a very nice blog!