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Mumbai Street Food Style Tawa Pulao - Instant Pot Option

Tawa Pulao is a popular Mumbai street food. Learn how to make tawa pulao at home with easy instructions.
Prep Time7 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time22 minutes
Course: Indian Food
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 4 cups
Calories: 87kcal

Ingredients

For Making Rice

For Making Pulao Vegetable Mixture

Instructions

To make the rice

  • Rinse and wash the basmati rice well.
  • In a heavy bottom sauce pan, heat oil on medium heat. Add half of ginger garlic paste, red chili powder and pav bhaji masala and saute for about 1 minute. Add tomato sauce and stir well.
  • Add washed rice. Add water . Give it a good stir. Season with salt.
  • Raise the heat. Bring the water to boil on high heat. Let it continue to boil til 80 % water is evaporated.
  • Lower the heat, cover the pot and let it cook for another 10 minutes. Rice morsels should be soft and tender and puffy.
  • Turn off the heat and let it stay for 10 minutes covered. Fluff it with fork and your rice is ready.

To make the veggies mixture

  • Heat the oil on the tawa or wok.
  • Add the onions and saute until onions become translucent.
  • Add ginger-garlic paste and saute until raw smell goes.
  • Add chopped tomatoes and salt. Let the tomatoes cook until mushy. Saute in between.
  • Add half of pav bhaji masala and red chili powder. Saute for a minute. You should sense the aroma.
  • Add chopped vegetables and saute for 2-3 minutes. Vegetable masala mixture is ready!
  • Add the cooked rice. Carefully fold everything so the veggi masala mixture coats the rice.
  • Cover and cook over low flame for 1-2 minutes. Turn off the heat. Then remove the cover and gently fluff the rice.
  • Drizzle lemon juice and sprinkle chopped coriander leaves. Tawa pulao is ready to serve. Serve hot.

Instant Pot instructions

  • Turn the Instant Pot on SAUTE mode. Add oil. Add the onions and saute until onions become translucent.
  • Add ginger-garlic paste and saute until raw smell goes.
  • Add chopped tomatoes and salt. Let the tomatoes cook until mushy. Saute in between.
  • Add half of pav bhaji masala and red chili powder. Saute for a minute. You should sense the aroma.
  • Add chopped vegetables and saute for 2-3 minutes. Vegetable masala mixture is ready!
  • Cancel SAUTE mode. Using the spatula, remove the mixture on the plate and keep it aside.
  • Put the inner pot back in the InstantPot. Start it on SAUTE and add oil. Add rest of the pav bhaji masala, ginger garlic paste and red chili powder. Saute for a minute til it sizzles. Add tomato sauce and let it cook for another minute.
  • Add rice and give the mixture a good stir. Add water. Mix well. Make sure to deglaze the bottom.
  • Cancel SAUTE. Close the lid of the InstantPot. Choose MANUAL and choose 5 minutes.
  • It will take about 7-8 minutes for IP to kick in. Once the timer goes off after cooking, wait for few minutes and do QPR (quick pressure release). Once the safety valve drops down, open the lid.
  • Put in the veggi masala mixture over the cooked rice. Carefully fold everything so the veggi masala mixture coats the rice. Your tawa pulao is ready!
  • Drizzle the lemon juice and sprinkle chopped cilantro leaves over and serve warm.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 87kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g