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    Home » Recipes » Variety Rice

    Tawa pulao recipe | Indian street food

    December 3, 2014 by Raks Anand 32 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    tawa-pulao
    Tawa pulao is a popular Indian street food, especially in Mumbai. Best one pot meal, to make use of left over rice too. Buttery and flavourful with masalas.

    Tawa pulao is totally new for me, I have not even heard about it until I saw in few blogs. Yet I didn’t go through the recipe and had no idea about the taste. Then while chatting with Aparna, she insisted few times to try and assured it comes out yummy. So I searched to know more about the recipe and found it is a famous Mumbai road side dish.

    Then I asked my little co-sis if she had tasted that before as she lives north, but sadly she too hadn’t. So I was thinking for long time how it would taste. I image searched for tawa pulao to see how it really looks in the road side shops. It looked more tempting for me. And in a site I read that, it is made in the side of the same tawa where the bhaji is being kept bubbling.

    They add some rice to the tawa, include some bhaji and add in some extra butter, masala powders to jazz it up and serve instantly. I saw a picture as well, of the same. It looked more appealing for me. But when we want to make it from scratch, it is a bit different. I finally made it today for lunch and loved it. Aj too had that without any complains. This is best to make use of the left over rice. So do try when you had some leftover rice and yet we add veggies to it, so a perfect one pot meal for lazy day! While browsing, I found this recipe from this blog and adapted it. Check out vada pav recipe
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    Tawa pulao

    Tawa pulao is a popular Indian street food, especially in Mumbai. Best one pot meal, to make use of left over rice too. Buttery and flavourful with masalas.
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 30 minutes
    Soaking time 10 minutes
    Servings 3

    Equipments (Amazon Affiliate links)

    • Pan
    • knife
    • chopping board
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Basmati rice - 1 cup
    • 1 cup Carrot, beans, frozen peas chopped
    • 2 Onion
    • 1 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
    • 2 Green chilli
    • 2 Tomato
    • 1 Capsicum small
    • 1½ teaspoon Red chilli powder
    • 1½ Pav bhaji masala
    • ¼ cup Coriander leaves chopped
    • 2 teaspoon Lemon juice
    • Salt - As needed

    To temper

    • 3 tbsp Butter
    • 2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
    • 1 pinch Asafoetida/ hing
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    Instructions

    • Soak basmati rice for 30 mins. Pressure cook with salt for 3 whistles (1 & ¼ cup watein medium flame after 1st whistle and once done, fluff it, cool it, set aside.
    • Heat a pan with butter, temper with cumin and add hing. Add thinly sliced onions and fry till transparent.
    • Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute in medium flame.Add finely chopped tomatoes with chilli, little salt and fry till soft.
    • I microwaved the veggies for 2 mins with a tablespoon of water to cook it. But you can add as such to tomatoes and cook covered too. Add the veggies and fry for 2 minutes.
    • Add capsicum and fry for a minute. Add coriander leaves, red chilli and pav bhaji powders, mix well.
    • Cook until oil separates and add the lemon juice, mix well.
    • Add the cooked rice finally mix carefully without breaking the rice.  You can mix after switching off the flame.

    Notes

    • I liked the addition of hing in this recipe, though I could not find any flavor of it.
    • Make sure to look for salt, we add it in rice and while cooking tomatoes too.
      Balance the salt, tanginess, spiciness, you will get this rice perfect taste.
    • The original recipe says - Butter gives best taste. Also they have asked to mash the veggies, which I didn’t do. 
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    Tawa pulao method:

      1. Soak basmati rice for 30 mins. Pressure cook with salt for 3 whistles (1 & ¼ cup water) in medium flame after 1st whistle and once done, fluff it, cool it, set aside.
      2. Heat a pan with butter, temper with jeera and add hing. Add thinly sliced onions and fry till transparent.1-temper
      3. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute in medium flame.Add finely chopped tomatoes with chilli, little salt and fry till soft.2-gg-paste
      4. I microwaved the veggies for 2 mins with a tablespoon of water to cook it. But you can add as such to tomatoes and cook covered too. Add the veggies and fry for 2 minutes.3-fry
      5. Lastly add capsicum and fry for a minute. Add coriander leaves, red chilli and pav bhaji powders, mix well.4-masala
      6. Cook until oil separates and add the lemon juice, mix well.5-lemon
      7. Add the cooked rice finally mix carefully without breaking the rice.  You can mix after switching off the flame.6-mix

    Serve hot with raw onions, coriander leaves garnished and a dash of lemon juice too.

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    Comments

    1. Veena Theagarajan

      December 03, 2014 at 11:27 am

      so colorful and tasty one pot meal

      Reply
    2. Sai Mahima

      December 03, 2014 at 11:54 am

      Hi, I don't have pav bhaji powder. Can i substitute it with something else?

      Reply
    3. Girija Raghavan

      December 03, 2014 at 12:43 pm

      Will be trying for today. Thanks for this post.

      Reply
    4. baraniashok

      December 03, 2014 at 1:37 pm

      Looks awesome. ... mouth watering

      Reply
    5. Farin Ahmed

      December 03, 2014 at 1:37 pm

      nice idea with leftovers... Colorful pic

      Reply
    6. sumija sukumar

      December 03, 2014 at 6:54 pm

      Looks spicy too... u meant "hing" in the notes?

      Reply
    7. Anonymous

      December 03, 2014 at 8:21 pm

      Wow pulao with pav bhaji flavour looks so inviting:-)

      Reply
    8. Divs

      December 04, 2014 at 3:17 am

      love the presentation of puloa in that kadai. very restaurent like. vibrant pics!

      Reply
    9. Anonymous

      December 04, 2014 at 3:59 am

      Looks amazing Raks. There are so many versios of the Tawa Pulav...I love the one by Dassana too! As usual amzing pics.

      Reply
    10. deepika ramachandran

      December 04, 2014 at 4:30 am

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      Reply
    11. Kaveri Venkatesh

      December 04, 2014 at 8:07 am

      One of my favourites ...looks perfect

      Reply
    12. Sowmya Sundararajan

      December 04, 2014 at 2:40 pm

      Nice to see the authentic Mumbai street food post from you Raks. Hope u enjoyed the meal with your family.

      Reply
    13. Anto

      December 04, 2014 at 3:20 pm

      Thanks for sharing this easy and quick recipe. Will try it for lunch.

      Reply
    14. Kurinji

      December 05, 2014 at 8:01 am

      mouthwatering pulao...

      Reply
    15. janani

      December 07, 2014 at 3:51 am

      oh u must taste it raks,its mouth watery.My 6 yr old daughter loves it so make it very often. I never miss to try whenever I visit north side.

      Reply
    16. Pavithra

      December 10, 2014 at 11:13 am

      I made this over the weekend... Only thing I reduced the chilli powder and increased pav bhaji powder...and it was awesome!!!

      Reply
    17. Ambika Manikantan

      December 18, 2014 at 4:26 am

      Very nice and colourful

      Reply
    18. Devi Mey

      January 19, 2015 at 1:08 pm

      Looks delicious...will try it out..

      Reply
    19. Kavitha

      January 23, 2015 at 3:10 am

      Any substitute for Pav bhaji powder??

      Reply
    20. Raks anand

      January 23, 2015 at 3:40 am

      Pav bhaji masala is main ingredient. But any masala powder like kitchen king masala also should go fine.

      Reply
    21. Sindhuja Ashokkumar

      March 23, 2015 at 12:15 am

      Dear Raks,
      Yours is one awesome food blog with nice and clear illustrations and easy to follow recipes. Keep up the good work.
      Btw, I tried this recipe for lunch and it tasted fantastic.

      Thanks,
      Sindhu

      Reply
    22. Krishnapriya Iyer

      November 16, 2016 at 3:22 pm

      What brand of basmati do u buy here in Sg? I tried few but never get the Long strands as seen in your pic

      Reply
    23. Krishnapriya Iyer

      November 16, 2016 at 3:22 pm

      What brand of basmati rice do u buy here in Sg? I tried few varieties and still don't get the Long strands as seen in your pic.

      Reply
    24. Raks anand

      November 16, 2016 at 3:28 pm

      I use Lal qilla mostly, or at times india gate.

      Reply
    25. Unknown

      December 04, 2016 at 9:34 am

      No basmati rice Nirmal rice okay uh

      Reply
    26. Its Me

      April 20, 2017 at 1:33 am

      can i use south Indian rice instead of basmati?

      Reply
    27. Raks anand

      April 20, 2017 at 2:33 am

      Sure, just make sure the grains are separate

      Reply
    28. iralwar

      October 23, 2017 at 9:33 am

      Ya you can add garam masala or vegetable masala instead

      Reply
    29. iralwar

      October 23, 2017 at 9:33 am

      Ya u can add garam masala or vegetable masala instead

      Reply
    30. winged fairy

      May 18, 2018 at 11:11 pm

      I tried out this recipe and it turned out great!Thank you for the lovely recipe and pictorial guide.:)

      Reply
    31. Sandhya Venkatesh

      April 22, 2022 at 8:38 am

      5 stars
      Tried the recipe. It was very easy to make and the taste was very nice.

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        April 22, 2022 at 12:02 pm

        Thank you so much for your feedback 🙂

        Reply

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