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🥘 Soft Vegetable Pulao with Curd
✅ Ideal for: Light lunch or dinner
🥄 Ingredients:
For the Pulao:
- 1/2 cup basmati or short-grain rice
- 1.5 cups water
- 1/2 cup mixed soft vegetables, finely chopped:
- Carrot
- Beans
- Peas
- Bottle gourd (lauki)
- Potato (optional)
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 small bay leaf (optional)
- 1 tsp ghee or light oil
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- Few curry leaves or a pinch of asafoetida (optional)
For Serving:
- Plain curd/yogurt, preferably homemade or probiotic-rich
- Optional: pinch of roasted cumin powder on curd
🔥 Instructions:
🥣 1. Rinse and soak rice:
- Rinse rice 2–3 times and soak for 10–15 minutes (optional but helps with softness).
🍳 2. Lightly sauté vegetables:
- In a heavy-bottomed pan or cooker, heat ghee.
- Add cumin seeds and bay leaf.
- Add vegetables and sauté for 2–3 minutes (don’t brown).
🍚 3. Add rice and spices:
- Drain and add soaked rice.
- Add turmeric and salt.
- Stir gently to coat the rice with the ghee and spices.
💧 4. Cook:
- Add 1.5 cups water.
- Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer on low heat for ~15 minutes (or pressure cook for 1 whistle).
- Let it sit for 5–10 mins after cooking, then fluff gently with a fork.
🥄 5. Serve:
- Serve warm with a side of plain curd or curd mixed with a pinch of cumin powder or chopped coriander (optional).
🩺 Why It’s Recovery-Friendly:
- Soft texture = gentle on healing gut
- Mild flavors = no harsh spices or oil
- Vegetables = fiber + micronutrients
- Curd = probiotics for gut recovery
