Mixed Veg Pulao

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Ingredients:

  1. Basmati rice or normal steam rice - 1 cup
  2. Slice onion - 2 nos.
  3. Slit Green chillies-4 to 5
  4. Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  5. Chopped Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
  6. Chopped Mint leaves - 1/2 cup
  7. Curd - 2 tbsp
  8. Oil - 3 tbsp
  9. Fennel seeds - 1 tsp
  10. Green Cardamom - 3 to 4
  11. Cinnamon sticks - 2 small
  12. Cloves - 4 to 5
  13. Bay leaf - 2 to 3
  14. Chopped Beans - 1/2 cup (1.5 inch long)
  15. Sliced Carrots - 1/2 cup (1.5 inch long)
  16. Sliced Green Capsicum - 1/2 cup (1.5 inch long)
  17. Green Peas - 1/2 cup
  18. Boiled Water - 2 cups to cook the rice
  19. Kasuri Methi -1 tbsp
Preparation:
  1. Heat oil in a kadhai.
  2. Add ingredients from 9 to 13 and fry on a medium flame until a nice aroma comes.
  3. Add the chopped onion, salt and green chillies and fry until the onions turn soft. Add the ginger garlic paste and fry until the raw smell goes off.
  4. Add all the vegetables and mix well.
  5. Add coriander leaves, mint leaves and some curd and mix well. Add kasuri methi and fry.
  6. Now add the washed and drained rice to this and mix well.
  7. Add boiled water to this and mix well.
  8. Check the salt. Add extra if required.
  9. Now cover and cook on a medium flame until the rice is cooked.
  10. Serve hot with raita and pappad.