Vegetable Tahiri Recipe - Aromatic One Pot Tehri

// Learn to Make easy and delicious Vegetable Tahiri recipe with quick video tutorial. Taheri is a popular one pot rice and veggie meal from Awadhi cuisine.



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Learn How To Make Vegetable Tahiri Recipe | Easy To Make Aromatic One Pot Veg Tehri | Veg Taheri recipe with quick video tutorial. Taheri is a delicious one pot rice and vegetable based meal which is one of the most popular luxuries of Awadhi cuisine.

Vegetable Tahiri hails from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This fancy looking, palatial, fragrant and so delicately fluffed basmati rice can make anyone love them.

there is a plate of vegetable tehri that is on a table

The mouth-watering flavors in this dish are mildly spicy and perfectly fragrant. This aromatic Taheri is an adaptation of another popular Indian dish — ‘Veg Pulao’.

Tahiri can either be made with vegetables or meat. This recipe of veg Tehri uses the blend of vegetables like cauliflower, potatoes, carrots, and peas. Potatoes and Cauliflower alone can make any dish desirable. They are absolutely irresistible when they are combined with a uniquely aromatic dish such as this Tehri.

This Vegetable Tahiri /Taheri / Tehri is an Awadhi dish which is quite popular in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This dish is also known as ‘Sabziyon Ki Tehri’, which is the straightforward translation of vegetable tehri.

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This one pot vegetable Tahiri (rice) recipe is nicely aromatic, fluffy and perfect to serve as a main meal. Making this Tehri in the pan is very simple, and quick.

However, if you want to make things even faster than you can surely cook it in a pressure cooker or in an instant pot.

This fluffy rice Tehri tastes wonderful because it gets cooked with the bunch of whole spices, powdered spices and lots of veggies.

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there is a metal bowl of vegetable tehri

Just imagine the flavor profile of this beautiful-looking satisfying perfect side dish. This stunning medley of vegetables, spices, and long grained rice is just beyond words.

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I do love my rice to the core, be it any type of rice/pulav/ biryani / pilaf / khichdi, Fried Rice and list goes on. Sometimes I even make flatbreads with rice. 😉

I love all things rice, no matter whether its a brown rice, pre-fluffed rice, regular long grain rice, short grain rice, fragrant basmati rice, jasmine rice, or broken rice. Basically, you just serve me any dish made with rice, and I would gobble it in no time.

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there is a plate of vegetable tehri that is on a table

The 3 main reasons why I love rice so much:

  1. Due to its carbs and starch, it makes me full fast. And at the same time, it is so light on the stomach and it gets digested fast. Thus it makes more space in my tummy. Sometimes I just wonder how satisfying a rice can be. And this way I can consume more delicacies later on.😀 Cooking rice is kind of cakewalk. Anyone can cook it. I just love to cook it. There are endless dishes we can make with simple and humble grain ‘Rice’.

  2. I eat rice often and that often comes at least thrice a week. And sometimes this rice love affair goes for the whole week. Sometimes I make simple dal chawal to keep my comfort zone calm. Other times I just make fried rice with leftovers.

  3. On the days when I am really hungry and in a hurry I simply go for pressure cooker rice. On other days when I have plenty of time then I surely make some biryani or pilaf.

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there is a bowl of vegetable tehri with onions in it

I made this Tehri with some deluxe basmati rice because I surely adore Basmati rice. And why not? This fancy looking, palatial, fragrant and so delicately fluffed basmati rice can make anyone love them. Just check the video below and you will know for yourself.

What’s the difference between Biryani and Tahiri?

  1. The process of making tahiri/taheri is similar to making a pulao, and it tastes somewhere between a biryani and a pulao. Thus, you may call them sisters from different mothers.

  2. Taheri is a non-complex one pot recipe rice dish where the whole spices and vegetables are sauteed together and then cooked in a pan or a pressure cooker until cooked through and fluffy. Where biryani always contains a gravy. And then layered with layers of par-cooked meat or veggies and rice, and then it gets cooked for a longer time. Cooking biryani is sure a laborious task which needs love and patience, that’s why I prefer making biryani on the weekends.

  3. This rice dish of Taheri stays fresh for hours, so this can easily be packed in the lunch box along with some yogurt or raita and papad.

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Let’s learn to make Vegetable Tahiri Recipe | Easy To Make Aromatic One Pot Veg Tehri | Veg Taheri

there is a plate of vegetable tehri with a bowl of raita on side

For more delicious rice recipes, you should definitely check the following:

  1. How to make Thai Pineapple Fried Rice

  2. How to Make Schezwan Fried Rice

  3. Express Bread Rice Pulav

  4. Lemon Rice

  5. Rajasthani Sweet Oliya Recipe

  6. Kesari Rice Kheer Recipe


Vegetable Tahiri Recipe - Aromatic One Pot Tehri (Step-by-step photo instructions)

Making Vegetable Tahiri:

  1. In a pan heat 3 tablespoons of oil/ghee.
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  3. Add bay leaf, black cardamom, cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves, peppercorns, and let them roast for few seconds.
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  5. Now, add cumin seeds, and let them splutter.
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  7. Once they start to splutter add sliced onions and sauté for 3 minutes.
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  9. Add diced potatoes and cook for 3 minutes.
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  11. Now add crushed ginger, crushed garlic, and mix well. Let them cook for a minute.
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  13. Add cauliflower florets, carrots, and green peas. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
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  15. Add tomatoes and green chilies and cook for a minute.
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  17. Now cover the pan with a lid and let it cook for five minutes.
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  19. Transfer veggies to a larger pot, if you are using a separate pan for sautéing veggies like me.
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  21. Now add the soaked rice to the veggie mixture and mix well.
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  23. Now add salt, red chili powder, coriander powder, and mix well.
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  25. Add 3 cups of water a stir well to combine.
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  27. Add garam masala and mix well again.
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  29. Cover the pan and let the rice simmer till its 95% cooked.
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  31. Turn off the heat and let the rice sit for 10 minutes.
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  33. Gently fluff the rice with a spatula and transfer it to a serving dish.
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  35. Garnish with coriander leaves. Drizzle with some lemon juice and ghee. Serve svegetbale tahiri hot with plain yogurt or raita.
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Vegetable Tahiri Recipe - Aromatic One Pot Tehri [Recipe]

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Learn to Make easy and delicious Vegetable Tahiri recipe with quick video tutorial. Taheri is a popular one pot rice and veggie meal from Awadhi cuisine.
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Prep time 🕐 Cook time 🕐 Total time 🕐
50 mins
Category ☶ Cuisine ♨ Serves ☺
Main Indian 4-6
Nutrition Info ⊛ Serving size ⊚
159 calories 1 cup

INGREDIENTS

For Vegetable Tahiri:
  • 1.5 cups basmati rice, rinsed and soaked for 30 minutes (you can also use any other long-grain rice)
  • 3 tablespoons ghee/oil
  • 1 black cardamom (moti or hari elaichi)
  • 2 cinnamon sticks (dalchini)
  • 1 star anise (chakra phool)
  • 4 cloves (laung)
  • 4 black peppercorns (kali mirch)
  • 1 bay leaf (tej patta)
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
  • 2 small green chilies (hari mirch)
  • 1 large-sized onion (pyaaj), sliced
  • 1 tablespoon ginger (adrak), crushed
  • 2 tablespoons garlic (lehsun), crushed or paste (you can reduce the amount)
  • 2 medium diced potatoes (aloo)
  • 2 small-sized carrots, diced (gajar)
  • 1 cup cauliflower florets (phool gobi)
  • 1 large-sized tomato, chopped
  • 1/2 cup green peas (hare matar)
  • 1/2 tablespoons coriander powder (dhania powder)
  • 1/2 tablespoon red chili powder (lal mirch powder)
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi powder)
  • 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
  • salt to taste
  • 3 cups water
  • Cilantro (coriander) leaves for garnishing
  • Lemon juice for serving
  • Ghee for serving

INSTRUCTIONS:

Making Vegetable Tahiri:
  1. In a pan heat 3 tablespoons of oil/ghee.
  2. Add bay leaf, black cardamom, cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves, peppercorns, and let them roast for few seconds.
  3. Now, add cumin seeds, and let them splutter.
  4. Once they start to splutter add sliced onions and sauté for 3 minutes.
  5. Add diced potatoes and cook for 3 minutes.
  6. Now add crushed ginger, crushed garlic, and mix well. Let them cook for a minute.
  7. Add cauliflower florets, carrots, and green peas. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.
  8. Add tomatoes and green chilies and cook for a minute.
  9. Now cover the pan with a lid and let it cook for five minutes.
  10. Transfer veggies to a larger pot, if you are using a separate pan for sautéing veggies like me.
  11. Now add the soaked rice to the veggie mixture and mix well.
  12. Now add salt, red chili powder, coriander powder, and mix well.
  13. Add 3 cups of water a stir well to combine.
  14. Add garam masala and mix well again.
  15. Cover the pan and let the rice simmer till its 95% cooked.
  16. Turn off the heat and let the rice sit for 10 minutes.
  17. Gently fluff the rice with a spatula and transfer it to a serving dish.
  18. Garnish with coriander leaves. Drizzle with some lemon juice and ghee. Serve svegetbale tahiri hot with plain yogurt or raita.

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NOTES:

  1. Pressure cook tehri for 2-3 whistles on medium-high heat.


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