Mixed Vegetable Pulao

Ingredients:

Carrot – 1, cut into long and thin slices

Beans – few, cut into long pieces

Potato – 1, small, cubed (optional)

Dry spices – Bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, star anise, and cloves

Oil / ghee

Onion – 1, medium, chopped

Ginger – 1 inch piece

Garlic – 4 to 5 cloves

Green chili – optional

Basmati rice / any other rice – wash and soak for ½ hr

Water (usually double the quantity of rice)

Salt

Instructions:

• ·         Heat ghee or oil in a pressure cooker
• ·         Make a fine paste of onion, ginger, garlic and chilies
• ·         Add dry spices and after a minute add the chopped vegetables – saute
• ·         After few minutes add the onion-ginger-garlic paste and salt
• ·         Add the soaked rice and stir for few minutes so that the ingredients gets nicely mixed up and rice gets the flavor
• ·         Add water and cover the lid of the pressure cooker
• ·         Wait for the number of whistles as per your cooker and turn off
• ·         Serve hot with any kind of gravy like shorba or korma or curry