Vegetable pulao

Easy and quick dish ! Healthy as its packed with vegetables...I love to try different versions of pulao and biryani recipes..Although the spices are more or less the same,preparation or the method varies in some of them.

This is one such recipe that i prepared yesterday and it was absolutely wonderful ! 

Ingredients needed

Rice(basmati) - 3 cups

Mixed vegetables - 1 cup(i added beans,carrots,peas and potato)

Oil - 2tbsp

Ghee - 2 tbsp

Onion - 1

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Garlic - 3 to 4

Spices needed

Cinnamon - 1 inch piece

Cloves - 4

Cardamom - 2

Coconut grated(fresh or frozen) - 1tbsp

poppy seeds - 1tsp

Coriander seeds - 1tsp

Cumin seeds - 1tsp

Mint leaves - 10

Salt to taste

Method

Step 1 - Wash the rice thoroughly and cook it with 4 and half cups of water.

Step 2 - Make a smooth paste of all the spices with onion,ginger and garlic by adding half cup of water.

Step 3 - Now heat oil in a pan and add all the veggies and saute them till they become little tender but still hold the shape.Take out the vegetables in a separate bowl and to the same oil add ghee and add bay leaves,then add the ground paste and fry for 10 minutes or until the raw smell of the spices goes off.

Step 4 - Now add salt and mix it well and add the cooked rice and sauteed vegetables.Mix it well again and let it cook on a low heat for 7 minutes.Turn the gas off.

Yummy mixed vegetable pulao is ready to serve !