Mixed Veg Brown Rice Tawa Pulao

        
 Happy to do the Blogging Marathon # 14 again with those lovely group of friends and for this edition I chosen the theme "Whole Grain Dishes" for all seven days. So stay tuned for more healthy, wholesome and Tasty Dishes for the following seven days. I was so much attracted to the Dosa Theme but i already have few Dosa Varieties and this "Whole Grain Dishes" suits well to my "Fiber Rich Foods" event so i can link to My own event also :)
            For the past 15 days, i was following some diet plan & workout and today when i checked my weight i lost 1.2lb, that sounds great na. Yes, its fine for me i don't want to be slim but want to maintain BMI so i am happy with this result and would like to continue the same. I completely stopped the intake of white rice and replaced with Brown Rice for lunch only. Instead of having plain brown rice with curry n Poriyal I tried this Tawa Pulao with more mixed vegs. This is very easy and filling recipe. I had this Tawa Puloa with cucumber raita n Cabbage bell pepper stir fry...so My lunch was so delicious n satisfying. Now to the recipe...

Ingredients

1. Brown Rice (cooked)   1/2 cup (i used brown basmati rice)
2. Onion    1 medium(sliced)
3. Tomato   1 large (chopped)
4. Mixed vegetable     3/4 cup(carrot,beans,peas,broccoli,mushroom)
5. Mint leaves    2 tbsp(finely chopped)
6. Cilantro leaves   2tbsp(finely chopped)
7. Kashmiri Red Chilli powder    1 tsp
8. Garam masala powder   1/2 tsp
9. Ginger Garlic  paste  2 tsp
10. Salt   to tsp
11. Tempering Ingredients
12. Oil    1tbsp +1 tsp
13. Mustard seeds    1/2 tsp
14. Cumin seeds   1/4 tsp
15. Fennel seeds    1/4 tsp
16. Clove   2 no.s
17. Cinnamon  1"stick


Method
Cooking Brown rice
Soak Brown rice for minimum 4 hours and then cook with 4-5 cups of water until done, then drain the water using colander,drian completely and spread in a plate and keep aside until use.
Wash n chop veg to deisred shape n size and keep ready.

• Heat oil in a tawa, add tempering ingredients and wait till it pop.
• Then add ginger-garlic paste and saute till raw smell leaves and add onion n mint leaves and saute for 1-2 minute.

• After that add tomato and saute till it turns soft and tender.

• And then add mixed vegs n turmeric powder and saute for 1-2 minutes and then add chili n garam masala powder and stir fry in medium heat and cook covered for 3-4 minutes or until turns tender but not mushy.

• Now add cooked brown rice mix everything well and again cook covered for a minute.
• Lastly add few chopped cilantro, mix gently and leave it to set for few minutes(so that the flavors blend completely).
• That's it...Tasty Mixed Veg Brown rice Tawa Pulao ready. Serve Hot with Raitha.

Notes:
Instead of brown rice you can also use white Basmati Rice.
Use any desired vegetables,don't cut them completely maintian its crunchyness for more taste.


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