Tawa pulao- Popular Mumbai street food

    I was aware of this popular street food ,but had never attempted at home. First time, I had this at my sister's college canteen and  could not forget the delicious taste of it and thought that re-creating that kind of spicy flavour was not possible at home.When I browsed for the recipe, I was quite surprised to find the secret ingredient used here is pavbhaji masala. It certainly imparts a nice flavour and a typical street food spicy taste to the pulao. Since then , I have made this quite a few times at home and it was liked by one and all.

 Source- Sanjeev kapoor
Ingredients-
Cooked rice-3 cups(grains should be seperate)
Ginger garlic paste- 1tsp
Onions-2 chopped finely
Carrots- 1/2 chopped into long matchstick like pieces
Peas-1/2cup
Cauliflower- 1/2 cup of small sized florets
Paneer-1/2cup
Tomatoes-3 chopped
Turmeric powder-1tsp
Salt to taste
Red chilly powder-1tsp
Pav bhaji masala- 1tbsp
Oil- 1tbsp
Cumin seeds-1tsp
Coriander- a small bunch chopped fine

Method-
Heat oil in a pan. Add the cumin seeds. Then add the chopped onions followed by ginger garlic paste.Saute till the onions turn translucent. Now add the carrots,peas and cauliflower and cook for around 5 minutes till they turn tender. Now add the tomatoes and paneer. When the tomatoes are soft and starts leaving water, add the turmeric powder, red chilly powder, salt and the pav bhaji masala. Mix in the cooked rice. Combine well till the rice is nicely mixed with the spice mixture. Garnish with chopped coriander. Serve hot with raita.

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2.PJ's flavours of maharashtra

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