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Vegetable Tahiri / Tehri Recipe

January 11, 2017 By Priya Shiva 4 Comments

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Vegetable tahiri or tehri is an aromatic rice dish from state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is part of Lucknowi – Avadhi Cuisine. The specialty of this dish is the use of various spices which is used while cooking rice and vegetables.

So, I’m going to share a Vegetable tahiri recipe today with you all. I have used seasonal vegetables like Green peas, carrot, potatoes, beans but you can also add other vegetables like cauliflower, baby corn, mushroom etc. You can simple serve this one pot meal with onion cucumber raita and papad.

 

Vegetable Tahiri / Tehri Recipe
Recipe Type: Rice
Cuisine: Indian
Author: Priya Shiva
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 25 mins
Total time: 55 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • Basmati rice – 1+1/2 cup
  • Potato – 1
  • Carrot – 1
  • Peas – 1 cup
  • French Beans – 6
  • Tomato – 1 (finely chopped)
  • Onion – 1 (finely chopped)
  • Green chilies – 2 (slit)
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
  • Curd – 1/2 cup
  • Mint leaves – 8-10
  • Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
  • Bay leaf – 2
  • Black cardamom – 2
  • Green cardamom – 2
  • Black peppercorns – 4
  • Cloves – 2
  • Cinnamon stick – 1 inch
  • Salt to taste
  • Vegetable Oil – 3 tbsp
Instructions
  1. Chop all vegetables and set aside.
  2. Clean and soak basmati rice in water for 30 minutes. Drain water.
  3. Heat a heavy bottomed pan with oil. Add bay leaf, black cardamom, green cardamom, cloves, cinanmon stick, peppercorns and saute for a minute.
  4. Add slit green chilies and ginger garlic paste. saute for few seconds.
  5. Add finely chopped onions and saute well till the onions are translucent.
  6. Add finely chopped tomatoes and saute till tomatoes are mushy.
  7. Now add other vegetables and mix well. Saute well for few minutes.
  8. Add turmeric powder, mint leaves and mix well.
  9. Add whisked curd and mix well. Saute for few minutes.
  10. Add soaked rice and mix gently.
  11. Add 3+1/4 cups of water, salt and mix well.
  12. Close the pan with a lid and let the rice cook on low flame.
  13. Open the pan after 15-20 minutes. Fluff the rice with fork, garnish with coriander leaves.
Notes
You can also use deep fried sliced onions for garnishing.
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Comments

  1. Anlep Prince- Annslittlecorner says

    January 11, 2017 at 7:50 pm

    Wow this is so colorful..

    Reply
    • Priya Shiva says

      January 11, 2017 at 8:21 pm

      Thank you 🙂

      Reply
  2. Rafeeda@The Big Sweet Tooth says

    January 12, 2017 at 6:17 pm

    I would love to make this aromatic rice once for sure.. this is such a quick yet comforting meal…

    Reply
  3. Atulmaharaj says

    January 15, 2017 at 8:03 am

    Tehri is my goto dish. Whenever I don’t find anything to cook, this is it !

    Reply

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