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  1. Thank you for all your lovely recipes, I have been following you for a year! If you were to make this recipe with brown basmati rice, how would you change the cook time and water to rice ratio?

    1. welcome emily and thank you. with brown rice, soak brown rice for 2 hours (or for more hours or overnight) as this helps in cooking them faster. moreover, when brown rice is soaked it cooks at about the same time as cooking vegetables, so you do not get overcooked or mushy vegetables. if you use unsoaked rice, then by the time the brown rice grains are cooked, the vegetables will get mushy and pasty.

      cook this spicy pulao recipe in a pan or pot and not in a pressure cooker as it would become difficult to check the rice if made in a cooker. the amount of water to be added depends on the quality of rice and the cooking method used. so an approx of 3 to 3.5 cups water will work in this recipe. first, add 3 cups water and begin to cook. later when the water looks less and the rice grains are not cooked, then add ¼ to ½ cup of water depending on how much the rice grains have cooked or need cooking. hope this helps.

  2. Will be a staple in my house! One pot and delicious! Family loves it. I made this, your south Indian potato korma, and a whole moong dal recipe today all in pressure cooker and was so pleased with the time and easiness. You rock!5 stars

    1. thanks again cheyenne. special thanks for the time and effort you took to post the feedback and review one each recipe. glad to read all the reviews you posted. yes, pressure cooking does save time.

  3. Hey Dassana,
    You’re blog is my go to site for vegetarian recipes. In this recipe I put only one beetroot like it was written but my rice colour came out red. But the taste was still good.

    1. thanks ansira. the color will change ansira. beetroot when added to any dish will change its color. but when we made, the color was overall red but in some parts.

  4. Hi,
    Thank u so much for helping me with your recipes. I am a newly married girl. And whenever I am asked to cook something, I search for your recipes and prepare them. Before wedding i’ve never ever made anything. Thanks for helping me big time. You’ve saved me many a times.

  5. Hai dassana
    I am dhivya from coimbatore tamilnadu i got married 7 months before and i am new to cooking i have tried many of ur recipes i came out very well my hubby likes it very much and i am so happy thanks for all ur recipes5 stars

  6. Hello Didi,
    I came to USA for my masters in fall 2012,and being a vegetarian,I had no idea how difficult it would be for me(being a desi boy who doesn’t like pizza burger on a daily basis).My mom always told me,”beta kuch banana seekh le”, but like always I never listened.I relied on ready to eat stuff, soon I realized that was really bad.Since then I have been on the hunt for good recipes,and first recipe I tried from your website was my favorite Bhindi with Alu.Since then, I never looked back.Chole recipe was too good.Rajma,alu gobhi,veg pulav,parathas,lassi,and what not…..all of them were really awesome.Especially the rajma chawal and chole chwaal reminded me of home and this famous shop in CP,Delhi,where I go every time I go home.This pulao by bhiah reminds me of pulao which my mom makes,which is awesome.
    All I can say to you is….”Didi Thanks a lot,sach me…life would have been really difficult here with out these awesome recipes and your hard work”.5 stars

    1. welcome vivek and big thanks for this positive feedback. good to know that the recipes are helping you in cooking delicious food at home. home cooked food is much better than outside food. once in a while we all like to eat outside food. but for every day purpose, its better to cook food at home. you made the right decision to try learning cooking.

  7. Excellent recipe. .was fascintaed by the pic..n gave a try..came out really well n my husband too loved it thank you so much for this recipe. .your recipes are really good n excellent pics too.. I am a regular visitor of your site…thank u n best wishes 🙂5 stars