Recipe for Pulao: Rice Cooked in Vegetables and Indian Spices

Ingredients

• 1 cup basmati rice
• 1 onion 
• 3 green chilli
• 1 tomato
• 1 tbsp Cumin (Preferably “Shahjeera“)
• 3-4 cloves
• 2-3 tbsp oil
• Chopped beans (50gm)
• Green peas (to taste )
• 2 small Carrots
• 1 potato 
• Mint leaves
• 1 bay leaf
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp chilli powder
• 1/2 tbsp coriander powder
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 5-6 cashew nuts (optional)
• 10 cubes cottage cheese (paneer)

Procedure

• Cook the plain rice in a rice cooker or regular cooker
• Heat 3 tbsp oil in a pan 
• Sautee 1 tsp cumin,
• Sautee 4 cloves, 1 bay leaf and 5-6 cashews along with it
• Add 1 onion followed by 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste and 2 chilli to the pan
• Continue to stir for 5 minutes until onions turn golden in colour
• Add 1 tomato (chopped) and sautee until tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
• Add 1 potato (chopped), 3 tbsp peas, 1 carrot and beans. Sautee for 3 minutes.
• Add 10 cubes paneer, 2 tbsp coriander powder, 2 tbsp mint leaf, ½ tsp garam masala and 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tbsp salt (to taste) – Sautee for 2 minutes.
• Now add the plain cooked rice to the pan and mix well with all the sauteed ingredients.
• Serve hot with a side of yoghurt/curd flavoured with cumin powder.

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