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Mumbai Style Tawa Pulao Recipe With Moong Sprouts

Mumbai Style Tawa Pulao Recipe With Moong Sprouts

By Admin
Prep Time Total in 55 M
Course Lunch
Cuisine Maharashtrian Recipes
Diet Vegetarian

Mumbai Style Tawa Pulao Recipe with Moong Sprouts is a fun recipe that is super quick to make. It is a famous street food dish of Mumbai, where the rice is tossed in plenty of vegetables similar to the Pav Bhaji and spiced up with Pav Bhaji Masala and Chaat Masala.

Ingredients

  • Ingredients for Tawa Pulao
  • 2 cups Brown Rice
  • cooked (or any rice)
  • 1 inch Ginger
  • grated or pounded
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • grated or pounded
  • 1 Green Bell Pepper (Capsicum)
  • finely chopped
  • 1 Onion
  • finely chopped
  • 2 Tomatoes
  • finely chopped
  • 1 Potato (Aloo)
  • boiled and cubed
  • 1/4 cup Green peas (Matar)
  • steamed
  • 1/2 cup Green Moong Sprouts
  • 1/2 teaspoon Chaat Masala Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Pav bhaji masala
  • Salt
  • to taste
  • 1 teaspoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Ingredients for Garnish
  • Coriander (Dhania) Leaves
  • small bunch
  • chopped
  • Sev
  • or bhujia for serving
  • 1/2 Lemon
  • wedged to serve

Instructions

Step 1

To begin making the Mumbai Style Tawa Pulao Recipe with Moong Sprouts, make sure you have some cooked rice ready and the remaining ingredients prepared accordingly

Step 2

Note: Brown rice takes a little while to cook, so it is important to soak the rice for about 30 minutes before you cook them in a saucepan or a pressure cooker

Step 3

Heat olive oil in a pan; add the onions, ginger, garlic and bell peppers

Step 4

Stir-fry on medium heat until the onions and bell peppers are lightly softened

Step 5

Once the onions and peppers are lightly softened, add the remaining ingredients, except the rice and give it a good stir

Step 6

Finally add the cooked rice and gently stir to combine the vegetables and the spices well into the rice

Step 7

Once well combined, check the salt, spice levels and adjust to suit your taste

Step 8

Cover the pan, turn the heat to low and simmer the Tawa Pulao for about 3 to 4 minutes so the rice absorbs all the spices well

Step 9

After a few minutes, turn off the heat, stir in the coriander leaves and the Tawa pulao is ready to be served

Step 10

To serve the Tawa Pulao, spoon the Mumbai Style Tawa Pulao Recipe with Moong Sprouts into a serving bowl, sprinkle some sev or bhujia and squeeze a dash of lemon and enjoy

Step 11

Serve Mumbai Style Tawa Pulao Recipe with Moong Sprouts along with Tomato Onion Tadka Raita, Boondi Raita or any other Raita of your choice

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