Simple Vegetable Pulao

This is very easy one pot meal which can be made for morning hurries. I generally make this on busy days and forget about the kitchen work until its lunch time.. :) .

 So here is the recipe.

Ingredients :

(Serves two)

Basmati rice or Ordinary raw rice – 1 cup

Water – 1.5 cups

Onion – 1 Big

Carrot – 1 big

Cauliflower – 1 small floret

Green Beans or French Beans – 10

Potato – 1

Green peas (frozen or fresh ) – ¼ cup

Chopped coriander – ½ cup

Chopped mint leaves – ½ cup

Garam masala powder – 1tsp

Oil – 2tsp

Cumin seeds – 1tsp

Green chillies – 2

Chopped Ginger– 2 tsp

Garlic – 3 to 4 pods

Salt – to taste

Method :

• Chop the Onions and green chillies lengthwise .Soak the green peas for 3hrs.
• Cut all the remaining vegetables into bite size pieces.
• Soak the basmati rice in water for 10 mins.
• Now heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds. Once they crackle, add green chillies and ginger. Fry them and add Onions.
• Once onions change into a translucent colour, add the chopped coriander and mint leaves.
• Now add potatoes, carrots, beans , cauliflower and green peas. Fry for a couple of minutes. Then add garam masala.
• Drain the soaked rice and add it along with the vegetables.
• Fry the rice until it changes to slight golden colour.
• Now add 1.5 cups of water and transfer it to a pressure cooker or a rice cooker.
• If cooking in a pressure cooker, allow 2 whistles. Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker and fluff it with a fork so that the long grains don’t break off.
• Serve hot with raita or any gravy. We had Capsicum Gravy which I'm planning to post it sooner.

My Notes:

• We can also do this directly in a pan by adding 2 cups of water. Once the water starts to boil , add 1 cup of rice and then close it with a lid on medium flame.
• Keep stirring once in a while, as soon as water completely evaporates switch off and fluff it with a  fork.
• We can add  bay leaf, cloves and cinnamon for the masala flavour. I did not have them so I just added garam masala powder.