Veg Pulao – Hindi Recipe

Instructions

• Wash rice really good with water 2-3 times.
• Soak rice in enough water for about 30 minutes.
• Heat up 2 tsp ghee in a pan.
• When ghee is enough hot add cumin seeds and let it splutter.
• Add bay leaves, cloves, peppercorns, green cardamom and fry for about a minute.
• Add onion and fry it for about 4-5 minutes.
• When onion gets light golden color add ginger-garlic paste, green chilies and mix well.
• Fry it for about a minute.
• Add veggies that are cauliflower, carrot, green beans and green peas.
• Mix well and add a little about 2-3 tsp water.
• Cover and cook on medium heat for about 4-5 minutes. Do not overcook the veggies.
• Take the lid off and mix well.
• Add soaked rice and water.
• Mix well and add salt to taste, cashew nuts, raisins and mix well.
• Add ghee. This is completely optional. You can skip ghee if you don’t want.
• Cover and bring it to boil.
• When rice begins to boil reduce the heat to low to medium and cook until all the water is absorbed in rice.
• It takes about 7-8 minutes.
• When all the water is almost absorbed reduce the heat to lowest possible setting and cook for about 15 minutes more.
• Turn off the gas and remove the lid.
• Mix pulao with the help of fork very carefully once.
• If you leave the pulao as it is then after a while it will be sticky.
• So separating the rice with fork is necessary.