School holidays are over and packing lunch with interesting lunch items is challenging for all mothers. And if you have 2 kids, it is even more complicated !! This bhendi rice | okra pulao is an interesting lunch box recipe I recently learned from my friend who visited here last month. I made little changes to the recipe to suit my kid’s taste, and the bhindi pulao is a super-hit recipe. As most kids love bhendi|Okra| vendakkai , this bhindi rice recipe will surely be a super hit lunch box recipe. You can replace okra with boiled and cooked potatoes or add frozen green peas. If you have leftover rice you can make this quickly for a weeknight dinner too. If you are making a weekend lunch, you can make a dal fry and a dry sabzi like gajar matar or beans aloo stir fry, a raita and make a complete meal. Also check out our interesting lunch box recipes, carrot rice, Beetroot pulao, cabbage rice, cauliflower masala rice
Wash and soak ½ cup of basmati rice in ¾ cup of water for 20 mins. Cook ½ cup of basmati rice in ¾ cup of water in a pressure cooker for 3 whistles. Once it is done spread on a plate and cool.
In a pan add 1 tbsp of oil and add add 1 thinly sliced onions. Add a little salt and saute this till translucent. Add 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste at this stage. Cook till the raw smell goes off.
Now add a few cashew nuts and cook till it turns slightly golden brown.
Now add ½ tomato, mix well and cook for a minute.
Add 1-2 tsp sambar powder, ½ tsp turmeric powder and salt. You can add an equal quantity of red chili powder and coriander powder instead of sambar powder. Add chopped lady’s finger and cook on medium flame.
Once the vendakkai is cooked, add the cooked rice to this.
Gently mix well evenly.
Garnish with coriander leaves. Okra pulao | Vendakkai pulao is ready.
You can use raw rice or par boiled rice instead of basmati rice. You can pack this Vendakkai puloa | okra pulao | bhendi rice for lunch box.
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