Bread Pulao Recipe | Bread Rice Veg Pulao – Healthy One Pot Meal Recipe with detailed photo and video recipe. An extremely popular and tasty rice-based pulao recipe made with vegetables and fried crisp bread toppings. It is a popular breakfast or lunch meal recipe in south India, especially in the state of Karnataka. It is typically loaded with all spices and herbs and hence does not particularly require any additional side or condiments, but thin onion raita makes it even better.
Bread Pulao Recipe | Bread Rice Veg Pulao – Healthy One Pot Meal Recipe with step-by-step photo and video recipe. Pulao or flavoured rice recipes have always been one of the popular choices for breakfast and lunch meals. There are myriad ways a simple vegetable or meat-based pulav can be prepared which generally differs in the vegetables or herbs used in it. However, the pulao can also be extended by adding or topping it with bread and Bread Rice Veg Pulao is one such popular choice.
Well, to be honest, the bread pulao recipe was my favourite pulao recipe during my college days. I am still wondering why it took me so many years to post this video to my blog. I still remember I used to count the number of bread pieces on my plate. Irrespective of breakfast or lunch, Bread Rice Veg pulao was my first choice from my college canteen menu. Moreover, I used to compare the number of bread pieces with my friends and feel happy if I get more. Moreover, when the watery raita meets these crisp bread slices, it is just magical. However, the same bread pieces can also be prepared with rusk too which would hold its crispiness for a longer time. Do try this pulao once and let me if you really liked it?
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Bread Pulao Recipe | Bread Rice Veg Pulao Healthy One Pot Meal Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 slice bread
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp ghee
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 3 pod cardamom
- 6 cloves
- 1 tsp cumin
- ½ tsp fennel / saunf
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 1 potato, chopped
- 2 tbsp peas
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ¾ tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ cup curd
- 3 tbsp mint, chopped
- 1½ cup basmati rice, soaked
- 3 cup hot water
- 2 tbsp coriander, chopped
- 2 tbsp fried cashew
Instructions
- firstly, trim off the sides of the bread and cut it into cubes.
- deep fry in hot oil, stir occasionally on medium flame.
- fry until the bread cubes turn golden brown.
- drain off the fried bread and keep it aside.
- in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil, 1 tsp ghee. add 1 bay leaf, 1 inch cinnamon, 3 pods cardamom, 6 cloves, 1 tsp cumin, and ½ tsp fennel.
- saute on low flame until the spices turn aromatic.
- now add 1 onion, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste, and saute well.
- further add 1 carrot, 1 potato, and 2 tbsp peas.
- saute for a minute or until the vegetables turn crunchy.
- keeping the flame on low add ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp cumin powder, ¾ tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp garam masala, and 1 tsp salt.
- saute on low flame until the spices turn aromatic.
- further add ½ cup curd, 3 tbsp mint, and cook until the oil separates.
- also, add 1½ cup basmati rice and saute for 1 minute. make sure to soak the rice for at least 20 minutes.
- add in 3 cup of hot water and mix gently.
- once the water comes to a boil, cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the rice is half cooked.
- now add fried bread, 2 tbsp fried cashew, and 2 tbsp coriander.
- mix gently, making sure the bread is well combined. this helps the bread to absorb the masala.
- cover and continue to simmer for 10 minutes or until the rice is cooked well.
- finally, enjoy bread pulao with raita.
Nutrition
How to make bread pulao with step-by-step photo:
- firstly, trim off the sides of the bread and cut it into cubes.
- deep fry in hot oil, stir occasionally on medium flame.
- fry until the bread cubes turn golden brown.
- drain off the fried bread and keep it aside.
- in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil, 1 tsp ghee. add 1 bay leaf, 1 inch cinnamon, 3 pods cardamom, 6 cloves, 1 tsp cumin, and ½ tsp fennel.
- saute on low flame until the spices turn aromatic.
- now add 1 onion, 1 tsp ginger garlic paste, and saute well.
- further add 1 carrot, 1 potato, and 2 tbsp peas.
- saute for a minute or until the vegetables turn crunchy.
- keeping the flame on low add ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp cumin powder, ¾ tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp garam masala, and 1 tsp salt.
- saute on low flame until the spices turn aromatic.
- further add ½ cup curd, 3 tbsp mint, and cook until the oil separates.
- also, add 1½ cup basmati rice and saute for 1 minute. make sure to soak the rice for at least 20 minutes.
- add in 3 cup of hot water and mix gently.
- once the water comes to a boil, cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the rice is half cooked.
- now add fried bread, 2 tbsp fried cashew, and 2 tbsp coriander.
- mix gently, making sure the bread is well combined. this helps the bread to absorb the masala.
- cover and continue to simmer for 10 minutes or until the rice is cooked well.
- finally, enjoy bread pulao with raita.
notes:
- firstly, make sure to fry the bread in fresh oil, else the taste of the bread will not be good.
- also, adding a variety of vegetables makes pulao tasty and nutritious.
- additionally, you can make coriander and mint paste and add it to pulao for variation.
- finally, bread pulao recipe tastes great when served after 1 hour.