Vegetable Pulao Recipe

Ingredients
1/2 kg of rice soaked in water for half an hour.
onion - 1 big
ginger garlic paste -2 tsp
tomato - 3
corriander powder - 1tsp
cumin powder - 1 tsp
cumin seed - 1 tsp
bay leaf - 1
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
red chilli powder and salt as per taste
juice of half lemon
mixed raw vegetable - 250 gm
few corriander and mint leaves for garnishing
water - double the quantity of rice for cooking


Method
Heat oil in a pan along with ghee/butter. Add cumin seeds. when it splutter add bay leaf and then onions and saute till it turns golden brown in color. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw smell goes, then add tomatoes and saute for few minutes.
Add all the powder masala and mixed vegetable and stir well. Cook for few minutes and then add water double the quantity of rice. Add juice of half lemon and corriander and mint leaves and leave it to boil.
When it starts boiling add  rice and cook on a medium flame till done. Keep on stirring in between till done.
Serve hot with pickle and raita.

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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.