Vegetable Pulav

Ingredients

Basmati rice - 1 cup
Water - 11/2 cup
Cloves,sonf - 2 tsps
Biryani leaves - 2
Garlic-Ginger paste - 1 tsp
Green chillis - 3
Coriander leaves - 2 tbsps
Ghee - 100 gms
Cashew nuts - 5
Beans - 50 gms
Carrot - 1
Peas - 100 gms
Onion - 1
Salt - 1 tsp

Method

1) First of all ,chop the vegetables like onions,beans,coriander leaves ,carrot into small pieces and keep them aside.
2) Grind the sonf and cloves dry in a mixer-grinder to get a nice powder.
3) Soak the washed basmati rice (1 cup) in 2 cups of water for 30 minutes.
4) After 30 minutes,drain the water and keep the rice aside.
5) Now,Heat ghee in a frying pan and add the chopped onions to the pan and fry till golden brown.
6) Add all the vegetables like chopped beans,carrots and peas including green chillis to the pan and fry well till all the vegetables are cooked.
7) Add the clove-sonf powder,salt,ginger-garlic paste and the soaked basmati rice to the pan and fry for 2 minutes.
8) Add 11/2 cups of water to the mixture and cook in a pressure cooker for 15 minutes.
9) After 15 minutes,garnish with ghee fried cashew nuts.