Vegetable Pulav – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Heat up oil in a pressure cooker.
• When the oil is hot enough, add cumin seeds, bay leaves, cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves, and cardamom.
• Fry the khada masala just for 30-40 seconds until they release their flavors.
• Add onion and fry for about 3-4 minutes until it turns just soft. No need to change its color.
• Add ginger-garlic paste and chopped green chilies. Fry for about a minute.
• Add finely chopped green beans, carrot, potato, and green peas. You can add veggies of your choice.
• Mix well and fry the veggies for a minute.
• Take 1 cup long-grain basmati rice, wash it really good with water. Soak it in enough water for 30 minutes.
• Drain all the water and add it. Mix the rice well with veggies.
• Add water, raisins and cashew nuts, salt to taste. Mix again well.
• Add ghee (Optional). But ghee gives a nice taste and glaze to rice.
• Close the lid and cook on medium heat until 2 whistles.
• Open the lid and loosen up the rice with a fork. Vegetable pulav is already.
• This pulav goes well as it is.
• It also goes well with any little hot raita.