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tawa pulao recipe | mumbai roadside tawa pulao | mumbai street style famous tawa pulao | with 35 amazing photos.

Tawa pulao, another quick treat off the Pav Bhaji cart is yet another popular street food of Mumbai.

This delicious mumbai roadside tawa pulao is prepared in advance by the vendor, and shares a place on the pav bhaji tawa. It is swiftly portioned out onto serving plates when the orders flow in, to appease the severest of hunger shots.

Tawa pulao is called so because it is cooked on the same tawa as Pav Bhaji, soaking up all the spicy flavours of the pav bhaji masala. Famous street food at Juhu chowpatty and local pav bhaji counters all over Mumbai.

At home, you can use a broad pan to make this Tawa pulao rice dish if you don’t have a huge tawa. Serve the tawa pulao with accompaniments like Raitas / Kachumber and roasted papad.

If you enjoyed this Mumbai street style tawa pulao recipe then we would like to highlight our other pulav recipes collection with this post of mumbai tawa pulao recipe.

It includes recipes like Spicy Vegetable Pulao, khumbh Pulao, Achari Paneer Pulao, Cheese, Onion and Green Pea Pulao.

Street food lovers can glance through our Street Food for dinner collection to explore more gems from the street.

Enjoy how to make Tava Pulao recipe with detailed step by step photos and video below.

Tava Pulao, Tawa Pulao Recipe recipe - How to make Tava Pulao, Tawa Pulao Recipe

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Preparation Time

10 Mins

Cooking Time

15 Mins

Total Time

25 Mins

Makes

4 plates

Ingredients

For The Tava Pulao

For The Garnish

Method

For the tava pulao,
 

  1. To make tava pulao , heat the butter on a large tava (griddle), add the cumin seeds.
  2. When the seeds crackle, add the chilli-garlic paste, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
  3. And the onions, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for another 1 to 2 minutes.
  4. Add the capsicum, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 2 more minutes.
  5. Add the tomatoes, mix well and again cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Preferably use a potato masher to mash the vegetables lightly.
  6. Add the turmeric powder, salt, chilli powder, pav bhaji masala and 1/4 cup of water, mix welland cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
  7. Add the rice and green peas, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
  8. Serve the tava pulao immediately garnished with coriander.

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For cooking the long grained basmati rice

 

    1. For the Mumbai roadside tawa pulao recipe, we will first rinse the rice under running water until the starch runs out and you get clear water. This helps in preventing the rice grain from sticking to each other after cooking.
    2. Soak ¾ cup of rice in enough water for 30 minutes.
    3. Drain well.
    4. Boil 4 cups of water in a deep pan.
    5. Add the soaked and drained rice and salt to taste.
    6. Add ½ tablespoon oil and mix well.
    7. Cook on a medium flame for 8 to 10 minutes or till the rice are 95% cooked. This will give you 2 ½ cups after cooking. Do not overcook the rice or else they will turn soft and mushy.
    8. Drain the water using a strainer. Also, you can refresh the rice with cold water to prevent further cooking.
    9. Transfer to a plate and allow it to cool for 2 to 3 hours. The Tawa Pulao rice is cooked. 
    10. Just make sure to cover with a plate so that the top layer of rice doesn’t dry out.
For the spicy chilli garlic paste

 

    1. For the Mumbai style tawa pulao recipe, we will now make the homemade red chilli-garlic paste. For that remove the stem from 12-15 chillies. 
    2. Soak the whole red chillies in enough hot water for atleast 30 minutes.
    3. Drain the chillies.
    4. Transfer the chillies to a small mixer grinder and add roughly chopped 1 tbsp of garlic.
    5. Add approx. ¼ cup of water.
    6. Blend in a mixer till smooth. Keep aside. This recipe makes around 0.5 cup of homemade chilli garlic paste.
How to make Tawa pualo

 

    1. For the Mumbai roadside tawa pulao recipe, heat the butter on a large tava (griddle). Tawa pulao as the name suggests makes use of a tava to make the Mumbai street style famous tawa pualo. If you do not have a tava then make use of a broad non-stick pan or kadhai. You can also make use of oil to make the pav bhaji pulao. 
    2. Add the cumin seeds.
    3. When the seeds crackle, add the chilli-garlic paste, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes.
    4. And the onions, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for another 1 to 2 minutes or till the raw aroma goes away.
    5. Add the capsicum, mix well and sauté on a medium flame for 2 more minutes. You can also add chopped and boiled carrots, French beans and cauliflower.
    6. Add the tomatoes, mix well and again cook on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
    7. Using a potato masher, mash the vegetables lightly.
    8. Add the turmeric powder and salt. If your cooked rice is salted, adjust the quantity of salt accordingly.
    9. Now add the chilli powder. Adjust the spice level to suit your tastebuds.
    10. Add the pav bhaji masala. We have also posted a recipe to make homemade pav bhaji masala.
    11. Furthermore, add ¼ cup of water.
    12. Mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
    13. Add the rice. Also, you can make use of leftover rice which actually gives the best result.
    14. Add the boiled green peas. To boil the mutter in a microwave, refer our recipe How To Microwave Green Peas.
    15. Mix gently with the help of two spoons and cook on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally. If you mix vigorously, the rice grains will break.
    16. Garnish the tava pulao (Tawa Pulao) with fresh coriander. 
    17. Serve tava pulao hot. Mumbai tawa pulao tastes amazing with curd, onion-tomato raita, roasted papad and aerated beverage.
    18. If you are looking for other variants to tawa pulao, then refer restaurant style tomato pulao, pudina pulao, shahi pulao or paneer pulao.
Accompaniments to Tawa Pulao

 

    1. We sugges the following raita recipes as accompiments to Tawa Pulao recipe.
Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
Nutrient values (Abbrv) per plate
Energy240 cal
Protein5.5 g
Carbohydrates37.1 g
Fiber3.4 g
Fat7.6 g
Cholesterol22.5 mg
Sodium85.5 mg

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Prayagi

March 13, 2025, midnight

I tried this resipe and my family loved it thanks for this resipe

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Tarla Dalal

March 13, 2025, midnight

Prayagi, so nice of you to leave your feedback. We are thrilled. Keep cooking and trying new recipes.

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March 13, 2025, midnight

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Tarla Dalal

March 13, 2025, midnight

Thanks for the feedback !!! Keep reviewing recipes and articles you loved.

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madhu

March 13, 2025, midnight

Good

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Tarla Dalal

March 13, 2025, midnight

Thanks for the feedback !!! Keep reviewing recipes and articles you loved.

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Smita

March 13, 2025, midnight

Loved it..

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Tarla Dalal

March 13, 2025, midnight

Hi Smita, Happy to know you liked the recipe. Do try more and more recipes and share with us your feedback. Thank you!

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Riddhi Parekh

March 13, 2025, midnight

The taste comes out just like the roadside stall. Make sure to add the cashew and peas towards the end to retain the slight crunch. My husband loves this recipe and I make it at least once a week! Tastes very good with plain curd.

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Dolphins909

March 13, 2025, midnight

Just too good

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patel_jigna_c

March 13, 2025, midnight

Awesome :) It tastes perfect!!

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Foodie #619353

March 13, 2025, midnight

i have made this recipe. family loved it.

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Sandhya singh

March 13, 2025, midnight

Awesome

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Tarla Dalal

March 13, 2025, midnight

Hi Sandhya , we are delighted you loved the Tava Pulao recipe. Please keep posting your thoughts and feedback and review recipes you have loved. Happy Cooking.

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Foodie #653836

March 13, 2025, midnight

Love this recipe.

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Foodie #624991

March 13, 2025, midnight

delicious.. just like what you get on roadside stalls

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Foodie #672793

March 13, 2025, midnight

I tried this recipe. Taste was awesome. My family loves it. Thanks mam.

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Drasti Tolia

March 13, 2025, midnight

I tried this recipe it is sooo easy and delicious. The tase was perfect and the method is also very easy to cook.

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