Veg Pulao

Name: Veg Pulao
Ingredients: Basmati rice - 2 cups; Water - 4.5 cups; Ghee/butter - 2 Tb sp; Cardamom - 4; Coves - 8; Cinnamon stick- 2; Bay leaves - 1; Jeera/cumin - 2 Tsp; Lemon juice - 1 Tb sp; Oil - 1 Tb sp; Carrot 2 (sliced lenghtwise); Beans - 6 (sliced lenthwise; Frozen Green beans- 3/4 cup; Salt - to taste

14 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 2 cups
Water - 4.5 cups
Ghee/butter - 2 Tb sp
Cardamom - 4
Coves - 8
Cinnamon stick- 2
Bay leaves - 1
Jeera/cumin - 2 Tsp
Lemon juice - 1 Tb sp
Oil - 1 Tb sp
Carrot 2 (sliced lenghtwise)
Beans - 6 (sliced lenthwise
Frozen Green beans- 3/4 cup
Salt - to taste

Directions

1

Clean and Cut vegetables and keep aside
2

In a big vessel/pan boil 4.5 cups water with enough salt,lime juice and oil.Add all spices and ghee/butter.Cover and Allow this to boil.When it starts boiling,add clean soaked rice gently.Cover and cook for 10 - 15 min.When 3/4 of the water evaporates,switch off the flame and close it with a lid.
3

By this time,cook those cut vegetables in another pan with lit water and salt.Or you can cook along with rice.
4

Cook the frozen peas in micro wave as per the direction in packet.(Cook for 1 min and check the peas and cook for 30 minutes more if needed.)
5

Gently stir the cooked rice and transfer half of the cooked rice to another bowl.Add cooked vegetables to the rice and form a layer.Then add the remaining rice.
6

Garnish with chopped cilantro and mint leaves(If you like its aroma,add few cilantro and mint leaves while cooking the rice iteslf.)
7

Serve hot with a good gravy curry(non veg or veg) and tomato- onion raita and Papad(optional).