Vegetable Pulao

Ingredients

Rice – 500 gm

Onion – 2 big

Cauliflower – 250 gm

Carrot – 2

Peas – 250 gm

French beans – 100 gm

Tomatoes – 2

Ginger/garlic paste – 1 ½ tsp

Garam masala powder – 1 tsp

Oil or ghee – 1 tbl.sp

Cumin seed – 1 tsp

Bay leaf – 3 to 4

Lemon juice of 1 or yoghurt ½ cup

Turmeric -  1 tsp

Chopped coriander leaves – 1 cup

Salt and red chilli as per taste.

Method

Wash and soak rice in water for 3 to 4 hours. Chop onions. Cut tomatoes and keep aside. Cut all the vegetables in small pieces.

In a vessel, add oil or ghee, then add chopped onions, cumin seed and bay leaf to it and fry for two minutes. Then add ginger/garlic paste and keep on frying on a low flame. Then add tomatoes, lemon juice or yoghurt, turmeric, garam masala, coriander leaves, red chilli, chopped vegetables, peas and salt. Fry for few minutes, then add water to it. For 500 gm rice, use 1000 gm water, cover the lid.  When water starts boiling, add rice to it. Mix it well. When water starts evaporating, low the flame, keep a pan under the vessel and let it cook for 5 minutes, till the whole moisture is lost. Serve with raita.

The ingredients for raita are given , it is very simple to make and very delicious.