VEGETABLE PULAO~~

Ingredients:

1 ½ Cup basmati rice

1 Onion

Veggies (carrot, potato, peas, beans)

2-3 green chili

Ginger-Garlic paste (homemade)

2 tsp red chili powder

Cumin powder

Coriander powder

2 tsp curd/yogurt

Salt and water

Oil

1 inch Cinnamon

2 Cardamom

2 Clove

2-3 pepper

Bay leaf

Cumin seeds

Coriander and mint leaves

 

Procedure: 

              

                             

                                                                                                

• Soak the rice for 15-20 minutes.

• Heat some oil in pan, add all the spices (cardamom, clove, cinnamon, bay leaf) and cumin seeds.

 

• Now add onion, sauté it till it becomes transparent and then add ginger-garlic paste sauté till raw smell disappears.

 

• Add very small amount of pudina and coriander.

• Add the veggies, cook for 2 minutes.

 

• Then add red chili powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and sauté them (if you don’t have all this handy you can add store bought pulao masala).

• Add salt according to your taste.

 

• Add 2tsp of curd and sauté for some time.

 

• Now take the soaked rice, add all this above mixture to this and add 1:1 amount of water for rice..

 

• Keep it on rice cooker till it’s done.

• Take 2 tsp of warm water and add food color (optional)

• Finally when it comes to warm add, add this color..

 

• Garnish with coriander and pudina and serve with raita..:)