Vegetable pulav

This is a very simple recipe which comes to our rescue when we have absolutely no patience to spend a considerable amount of time in the kitchen. This can be had by itself or with plain curd or raitha.

Ingredients:

1.) Basmati Rice - 2 cups

2.) cloves - 5

3.) cinnamon - 1/2 inch

4.) cardamon -2

5.) bay leaf - 2

6.) onion - 1 small (chopped vertically)

7.) biryani masala - 2 tspns

8.) green chillies - 4

9.) garam masala powder - 1 tspn

10.) salt to taste

11.) veggies - 1 and 1/2 cup

12.) ginger garlic paste 2 tspns

13.) cashew - 10

14.) oil - 2 tbspns

Procedure:

Take oil in a pan, when it is hot add the spices . Then add the onions and cashews and saute till golden brown. next add the ginger garlic paste and cook till the raw flavor is gone. Now add the green chillies and saute for 2- 3 mins. Then add the veggies and saute for 5 mins. Next add salt, biryani masala and garam masala. Saute till veggies are nicely coated with the masala.(take care that the masala's dun burn). Once the veggies are sauteed properly and thoroughly coated with the masala's , add the rice and toast it for 3 mins. Now remove from heat and transfer the content to a electric rice cooker. Add 2 and 1/2 cups of water and cook.