Vegetable Pulao

The weather has been a little unpredictable of late. There are days that are rainy and then the very hots days and then there are days that give us a brief glimpse of the lovely autumn weather. We were luckily to experience such a day last Saturday. The day was so beautiful that it would have been a shame to waste it indoors, so on the spur of moment we decided to go to the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah valley to fully enjoy the day.

We were eager to leave as soon as possible, that means half-an-hour in our house, as it takes that much time to rally all the troops !! As it was nearing lunch time I had to think fast as to what to make for us to enjoy as lunch on the mountains. The alternative would be sitting in the restaurant having lunch, now while that would have sounded great any other day, that day I did not want to waste time anywhere but on a picnic blanket on top of the mountains in my favorite spot. So I made this Vegetable Pulao as it really does not take long to make and packed the ingredients for the raita. The whole thing was done and packed in less than 25 minutes.

This pulao not only tasted great but looks good too. When I laid out the food for lunch the air was filled with the scent of the fragrant pulao and compared to the peanut butter sandwiches, pretzels and cut-up fruit in Ziploc bags - the family sitting next to us were having - this looked really appetizing and filling.


Mixed Vegetable Pulao