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by Tarla Dalal

tawa pulao recipe | mumbai roadside tawa pulao | mumbai street style famous tawa pulao | with 35 amazing photos.

Tawa pulao, another quick treat off the Pav Bhaji cart is yet another popular street food of Mumbai.

This delicious mumbai roadside tawa pulao is prepared in advance by the vendor, and shares a place on the pav bhaji tawa. It is swiftly portioned out onto serving plates when the orders flow in, to appease the severest of hunger shots.

Tawa pulao is called so because it is cooked on the same tawa as Pav Bhaji, soaking up all the spicy flavours of the pav bhaji masala. Famous street food at Juhu chowpatty and local pav bhaji counters all over Mumbai.

At home, you can use a broad pan to make this Tawa pulao rice dish if you don’t have a huge tawa. Serve the tawa pulao with accompaniments like Raitas / Kachumber and roasted papad.

If you enjoyed this Mumbai street style tawa pulao recipe then we would like to highlight our other pulav recipes collection with this post of mumbai tawa pulao recipe.

It includes recipes like Spicy Vegetable Pulao, khumbh Pulao, Achari Paneer Pulao, Cheese, Onion and Green Pea Pulao.

Street food lovers can glance through our Street Food for dinner collection to explore more gems from the street.

Enjoy how to make Tava Pulao recipe with detailed step by step photos and video below.

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Tava Pulao, Tawa Pulao Recipe recipe - How to make Tava Pulao, Tawa Pulao Recipe

For The Tava Pulao
3 tbsp butter
2 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1 1/2 tbsp red chilli-garlic paste
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
1/4 cup finely chopped capsicum
1 cup finely chopped tomatoes
1/4 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
salt to taste
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tsp pav bhaji masala
2 1/2 cups cooked rice (chawal)
1/2 cup boiled green peas

For The Garnish
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)

Method
For the tava pulao,

To make tava pulao , heat the butter on a large tava (griddle), add the cumin seeds.
When the seeds crackle, add the chilli-garlic paste, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
And the onions, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for another 1 to 2 minutes.
Add the capsicum, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 2 more minutes.
Add the tomatoes, mix well and again cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Preferably use a potato masher to mash the vegetables lightly.
Add the turmeric powder, salt, chilli powder, pav bhaji masala and 1/4 cup of water, mix welland cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Add the rice and green peas, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Serve the tava pulao immediately garnished with coriander.

Nutrient values (Abbrv) per plate

Energy	240 cal
Protein	5.5 g
Carbohydrates	37.1 g
Fiber	3.4 g
Fat	7.6 g
Cholesterol	22.5 mg
Sodium	85.5 mg

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For cooking the long grained basmati rice

For the Mumbai roadside tawa pulao recipe, we will first rinse the rice under running water until the starch runs out and you get clear water. This helps in preventing the rice grain from sticking to each other after cooking.
Soak ¾ cup of rice in enough water for 30 minutes.
Drain well.
Boil 4 cups of water in a deep pan.
Add the soaked and drained rice and salt to taste.

Add ½ tablespoon oil and mix well.
Cook on a medium flame for 8 to 10 minutes or till the rice are 95% cooked. This will give you 2 ½ cups after cooking. Do not overcook the rice or else they will turn soft and mushy.
Drain the water using a strainer. Also, you can refresh the rice with cold water to prevent further cooking.
Transfer to a plate and allow it to cool for 2 to 3 hours. The Tawa Pulao rice is cooked.
Just make sure to cover with a plate so that the top layer of rice doesn’t dry out.

For the spicy chilli garlic paste

For the Mumbai style tawa pulao recipe, we will now make the homemade red chilli-garlic paste. For that remove the stem from 12-15 chillies.
Soak the whole red chillies in enough hot water for atleast 30 minutes.
Drain the chillies.
Transfer the chillies to a small mixer grinder and add roughly chopped 1 tbsp of garlic.
Add approx. ¼ cup of water.

Blend in a mixer till smooth. Keep aside. This recipe makes around 0.5 cup of homemade chilli garlic paste.

How to make Tawa pualo

For the Mumbai roadside tawa pulao recipe, heat the butter on a large tava (griddle). Tawa pulao as the name suggests makes use of a tava to make the Mumbai street style famous tawa pualo. If you do not have a tava then make use of a broad non-stick pan or kadhai. You can also make use of oil to make the pav bhaji pulao.
Add the cumin seeds.
When the seeds crackle, add the chilli-garlic paste, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
And the onions, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for another 1 to 2 minutes or till the raw aroma goes away.

Add the capsicum, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 2 more minutes. You can also add chopped and boiled carrots, French beans and cauliflower.
Add the tomatoes, mix well and again cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Using a potato masher, mash the vegetables lightly.
Add the turmeric powder and salt. If your cooked rice is salted, adjust the quantity of salt accordingly.
Now add the chilli powder. Adjust the spice level to suit your tastebuds.

Add the pav bhaji masala. We have also posted a recipe to make homemade pav bhaji masala.
Furthermore, add ¼ cup of water.
Mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
Add the rice. Also, you can make use of leftover rice which actually gives the best result.
Add the boiled green peas. To boil the mutter in a microwave, refer our recipe How To Microwave Green Peas.

Mix gently with the help of two spoons and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally. If you mix vigorously, the rice grains will break.
Garnish the tava pulao (Tawa Pulao) with fresh coriander.
Serve tava pulao hot. Mumbai tawa pulao tastes amazing with curd, onion-tomato raita, roasted papad and aerated beverage.
If you are looking for other variants to tawa pulao, then refer restaurant style tomato pulao, pudina pulao, shahi pulao or paneer pulao.