Broccoli Pulao Recipe with step by step photos. A mildly spiced one pot meal, packed with nutrients that is perfect to be packed for lunch to school or to office. It takes little time and effort to make this broccoli pulao and it tastes best when served with a raita or crunchy chips of your choice.
Except for the husband at home, we all love broccoli very much. I had packed this broccoli pulao few days ago for the boys to school which I had shared on Instagram and the kids loved it so much.
Though broccoli happens to be a bit highly priced, it is full of nutrients and I would suggest that you add them in your day to day diet often. It is being touted as a super food as well.
Points to remember while making Broccoli Pulao:
1. You can add other vegetables like carrot, colored bell peppers along to make the pulao more colorful and healthy.
2. Make sure that you soak the rice for 15 mins minimum so that it gets cooked faster.
3. The longer you cook the rice, broccoli will become squishy and will lose its shape when you mix at the end.
4. You can also do it on stove top using left over rice.
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5. You can use half ghee or cook the pulao entirely in ghee itself.
Broccoli Pulao Recipe with step by step photos:
1. Heat a pressure cooker with oil.Add cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf and cook for few seconds till you get the aroma.
2. Add onions, ginger, green chili and saute over low flame till the onion become translucent.
3. Add broccoli florets, peas, black pepper powder and mix well.
4. Drain basmati rice into a colander and add the rice to the cooker and mix gently.
5. Add water, salt, coriander leaves and give a final mix. Pressure cook over medium low flame for 1 whistle.
6. Switch off the stove and wait for the pressure to release on its own. Open the cooker and fluff gently with a fork to mix evenly.
7. Broccoli Pulao is ready. Serve hot with any raita or pickled onions.
You can also pack these easy rice recipes to school and office - carrot rice, pudina pulao, aloo gobi pulao, garlic fried rice, tomato methi pulao and karuveppilai sadam.
Broccoli Pulao recipe details below:
Broccoli Pulao Recipe - Broccoli Rice Recipe
Ingredients
- Basmati rice - 1 cup
- Broccoli Florets - 1/4 cup
- Peas - 2 tbsp fresh or frozen
- Water - 1+1/2 cup
- Onion - 1 medium
- Green chilies - 3
- Ginger - 1/4 inch piece
- Cloves - 2
- Bay leaf - 2 small
- Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece
- Black pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
- Coriander leaves - few sprigs
- Salt - to taste
- Oil - 3 tsp
Instructions
Preparation:
- Slice the onions thinly. Grate the ginger and slit the green chili length wise.
- Wash basmati rice once and soak in enough water for 15 mins.
How to make Broccoli Pulao:
- Heat a pressure cooker with oil.
- Add cinnamon, cloves and bay leaf and cook for few seconds till you get the aroma.
- Add onions, ginger, green chili and saute over low flame till the onion become translucent.
- Add broccoli florets, peas, black pepper powder and mix well.
- Drain basmati rice into a colander and add the rice to the cooker and mix gently.
- Add water, salt, coriander leaves and give a final mix.
- Pressure cook over medium low flame for 1 whistle.
- Switch off the stove and wait for the pressure to release on its own.
- Open the cooker and fluff gently with a fork to mix evenly.
- Broccoli Pulao is ready.
- Serve hot with any raita or pickled onions.
delicious and colorful pulao