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Allahabadi Tehri Recipe (UP Style Vegetable Rice)

Allahabadi Tehri Recipe (UP Style Vegetable Rice)

By Admin
Prep Time Total in 40 M
Course Dinner
Cuisine Uttar Pradesh
Diet Vegetarian

Allahabadi Tehri Recipe is a very famous rice dish from the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a one pot meal made using rice and vegetables along with whole garam masala and yoghurt. It is cooked using mustard oil which gives this tehri that pungent flavour. The yoghurt adds the softness and slight tartness to the dish. 

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cup Basmati rice
  • 1 cup Mixed vegetables
  • mix of potato
  • beans
  • carrot and cauliflower
  • 1 cup Curd (Dahi / Yogurt)
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)
  • 1 Bay leaf (tej patta)
  • 3 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds
  • 1 Black cardamom
  • 4 Whole Black Peppercorns
  • 4 Cloves (Laung)
  • 1/4 teaspoon Asafoetida (hing)
  • 1 Onion
  • thinly sliced
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • roughly crushed
  • 1 inch Ginger
  • roughy crushed
  • 2 Green Chillies
  • slit
  • 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli powder
  • 1 tablespoon Coriander Powder (Dhania)
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
  • 2 tablespoons Mustard oil
  • 2 teaspoon Ghee
  • 2 teaspoons Lemon juice
  • Salt
  • to taste

Instructions

Step 1

To begin making the Allahabadi Tehri Recipe (UP Style Vegetable Rice), wash and soak the basmati rice for 10 minutes in water

Step 2

Cut all the vegetables, namely potatoes, beans, cauliflower and carrots to similar size and keep aside

Step 3

Heat mustard oil in a wide pan, and let it smoke

Step 4

Add the asafoetida, whole garam masalas - cinnamon, bay leaf, green and black cardamoms, pepper corns and cloves and let the oil become fragrant

Step 5

Now, add the sliced onions and saute until translucent

Step 6

Now, roughly pound the ginger garlic using a mortar and pestle and add it to the pan, and saute until the raw smell goes away

Step 7

Add the green chillies, turmeric, red chilli, cumin and coriander powder and saute for a minute

Step 8

Add the cut vegetables and mix well till they turn a bit golden

Step 9

Now, add the whisked yoghurt and saute until the mixute comes together

Step 10

Add in the drained rice, 4 cups of water, season with salt and cover it with a lid to cook for 20 minutes untouched

Step 11

Once its cooked, add in the ghee, lemon juice, gently mix everything together and switch off the flame

Step 12

Serve the Allahabadi Tehri Recipe (UP Style Vegetable Rice) along with Mirchi Ka Salan and Burani Raita for the weeknight dinner

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