Veg Pulav - Ver 2

Veg Pulav is a very tasty rice. Its cooked with rice and vegetables.

Ingredients
Basmati Rice - 2 cups (Normal rice can also be used)

Chopped length wise
Beans - 1 cup
Carrot - 1/2 cup
Potato - 1 cup
Baby corn - 6 nos sliced(Optional)
Onion - 1 no big
Tomato - 1 no big
Green peas - 1 cup (I used frozen peas) Remove from the freezer and soak it in water before you cook
Ginger - chopped or grated - 1 tspn
Garlic - Optional(I have not used) or can use ginger garlic paste

Pudina(Mint leaves ) - 1 cup
Coriander(Cilantro) - 1/2 cup
Green chilli - 2 nos (As per your taste)
Grind pudina, coriander and green chilli in mixie and make a fine paste.

Cooking oil - 4 tspns
Ghee or butter - 1tspn
Spices - Cinamon, Cloves, Cardamom, Black cardamom (few pieces)
Salt

This is pressure cooker method

Preparation Method
Wash and soak basmati rice in water.
Heat a pressure cooker, put oil and ghee, when its hot put all spices and wait till they splutter. Then add onion, a pinch of salt saute till its transperant. Then add ginger and tomato. Saute till its soft.
Now add all vegetables and saute. Add the green mixture. Cook for few mins.
Add Basmati rice and saute for sometime. Add water 1:1 or if you want the rice to be little soft 1:1.5 and salt. Mix well.
Pressure cook upto 2 whistles.

Vegetable Pulav is ready to serve. You can enjoy this as it is or with Raitha.

This Tasty and Yummy Veg Pulav is participating in Chaitra's Rice-Feast.