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Vegetable Tehri recipe

Vegetable Tahri/Subz Tehri (Pressure Cooker Method)

Swati
Tehri or Tahri call it by any name, is a one pot meal made with rice and vegetables cooked in aromatice Indian whole spices with desi ghee/mustard oil. Serve with raita, pickle or chutney or even plain yogurt. Stove-Top Method of making Mixed Vegetable Tehri.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main
Cuisine Indian, North Indian, Uttar Pradesh Cuisine
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Basmati Rice
  • ½ cup Dal Vadi/Mangodi Moong Dal Vadis
  • 1 Potato Medium
  • ½ cup Peas fresh/frozen
  • 1 Carrot cut in batons/small portions
  • 6-7 Cauliflower florets
  • ¼ cup Green Beans/French Beans or as required
  • 2 Tomatoes roughly chopped
  • 1 Onion(Medium) thinly sliced
  • 5-6 Garlic Cloves
  • Fresh ginger small piece
  • 1-2 Whole Green Chillies
  • 1 tsp Cumin Seeds/Jeera
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick(small)
  • 4-5 Cloves
  • 4-5 Black peppercorns
  • 1-2 Black Cardamom
  • 2-3 tbsp Oil/Desi Ghee/Mustard Oil
  • 1 tsp Coriander Powder
  • 1-2 tsp Garam Masala
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1-1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder optional
  • Salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Wash and soak rice for at least 20 mins. in enough water. 
    1 cup Basmati Rice
  • Roughly chop onions and tomatoes.
  • Keep your vegetables ready. Cut peel and cut potato in cubes, cut beans and carrots in batons or small pieces. Wash peas and cauliflower florets.
    ½ cup Dal Vadi/Mangodi, 1 Potato Medium, 1 Carrot, 6-7 Cauliflower florets, ¼ cup Green Beans/French Beans, ½ cup Peas
  • Make coarse paste of ginger garlic and green chillies using a mortar pestle.
    5-6 Garlic Cloves, 1-2 Whole Green Chillies, Fresh ginger
  • Heat about 1-2 tbsp ghee in a pressure cooker. Add moong dal vadi in it and fry till it is light brown and gives roasted aroma.
    2-3 tbsp Oil/Desi Ghee/Mustard Oil, ½ cup Dal Vadi/Mangodi
  • Take out and keep aside.
  • Add 1 tbsp more ghee, add cumin seeds and other whole spices. 
    1 tsp Cumin Seeds/Jeera, 1 Bay Leaf, 1 Cinnamon Stick(small), 4-5 Black peppercorns, 1-2 Black Cardamom, 4-5 Cloves
  • When the aroma from the spices starts coming add onions and then ginger garlic and chilli paste.
    1 Onion(Medium)
  • When the onions start turning translucent and raw smell of garlic goes away, add tomatoes and cook till it starts getting soft. 
    2 Tomatoes
  • Add the vegetables and mix with onion tomato masala. 
  • Add garam masala powder,coriander masala, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, and salt. Mix nicely.
    1 tsp Coriander Powder, 1-2 tsp Garam Masala, 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder, 1-1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder, Salt to taste
  • Cook vegetables in masala for a 1-2 mins.
  • Drain the water from the rice and mix with the veggie masala and mix well.
  • Add water just enough to soak rice. About 1 cup and less 1/4 cup . Depending on your rice variety.
  • Cook rice on medium flame till 2 whistles. 
  • Once done, wait for the pressure in cooker to settle down, then open the lid. Fluff the rice lightly.
  • Serve hot with choice of raita/yogurt and spoonful of desi ghee on it.

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Notes

To make No Onion No Garlic Vegetable Tehri, skip onion and garlic. Add tomatoes in ghee after adding whole spices and add crushed ginger and green chillies. 
Do not add water more then 1 +1/4 cup the rice will be very mushy.
You can use any neutral plant oil like olive, rice bran, avocado in place of Ghee. But the Ghee elevates the taste of this rice preparation.
Add or skip any vegetables in the recipe. 
You can skip moong dal vadi and can add soya granules (nutrella). Or, skip both. 
Keyword Tahri, Tehri, Uttar Pradesh Cuisine
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