Vegetable Pulao

Ingredients

• Green peas
• Potato
• Carrot
• French beans
• Ginger
• Garlic
• Coriander leaves
• Mint leaves
• Whole spices
• Lemon juice
• Rice
• Chili powder
• Turmeric powder

Method

• Wash and Keep the green peas to cook.
• Wash the rice and soak it in water for 30 minutes.
• Peel the onions and finely slice and keep aside.
• Peel potatoes and cut them into cubes.
• Peel carrots and chop them into small cubes.
• Chop up the french beans.
• Clean ginger and garlic.
• Clean coriander and mint leaves and chop them up.
• Grind the whole spices to a paste on a stone grinder and keep aside.
• Crush ginger and garlic and keep aside.
• Heat oil in a uruli, add dried chilies. Saute in sliced onions. Add in the potatoes, carrots, french beans, and cooked green peas.
• Add in the crushed ginger and garlic along with the whole spices. Add the chopped leaves along with the lemon juice.
• Add chili powder, turmeric powder, and ghee.
• Strain the rice and add it to the vegetable mix and saute well.
• Add water till the water covers the rice. Add ghee, cover, and cook.
• Open the lid and mix the rice when water is all absorbed. Remove from flame and keep aside. Keep the lid closed for few minutes.
• Vegetable Pulao is ready
• Serve with pappadam and raita made with sliced onion, tomatoes, green chilies, chopped ginger, and curd