VEGETABLE PULAO

Ingredients

• Vegetables ( Potatos, Peas, Onions, Green Beans, Carrots, Cauliflower, Capsicum) - cooked 1/4 cup each except onions and capsicum.
• Salt to taste
• Basamati Rice - 2 cup
• Cashewnuts - 2 tsp
• Ghee / Oil - 1/4 tsp

For the Pulao Masala

Ingredients

• Coconut - 1 cup
• Pudina leaves - 1/4 cup
• Ginger - Garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Dalchini / Cinnamon sticks - 3 to 4
• Lavang / Cloves - 3 to 4
• Garam Masala - 1 tsp
• Green chillies - 4 to 5
• Onion - 1/2
• Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
• Water - 1/2 cup

Method

1. 2 cups rice into 1& 1/4 cups water soak for about 30 mins with a pinch of salt. Place it into the rice cooker till done.
2. Grind the masala ingredients mentioned above
3. Heat ghee or oil in a heavy bottomed pan
4. Fry cashewnuts till golden brown. Fry onion and capsicum till done
5. Add masala fry for 2 0r 3 minutes
6. Add all the boiled vegetables to the masala stirfry well, switchoff the hob
7. Add boiled rice and salt to the Pan and stir well

serve hot with any raita