India, Dec. 16 -- There really is nothing like that first cup of steaming hot chai, especially when winters have fully set in - and the magic really doesn't wane even with the millionth chuski. That being said, when the afternoon slump hits, and you feel yourself daydreaming about being under the covers in your warm, unmade bed, a teeny cup seldom has the power to pull you out of that lull.

This Mumbai street-style tawa pulao recipe though? Well yes, that could very well do the trick.

Ingredients: Kashmiri red chillies - 3 to 4 (soaked), green chillies - 2, garlic cloves - 6 to 7, beetroot - 1/2 boiled and peeled, butter - 1tbsp, onion - 1 finely chopped, capsicum - 1 chopped, cabbage - 1/4 cup chopped, salt to taste, coriander powder -...