Vegetable Jeera Pulav

Again another recipe from a TV show and of course modified it here and there.It is not at all spicy so very much "Kid's Friendly" too

Ingredients

• Basmathi Rice - 2 cups
• Water - 3 cups

Vegetables

• Carrot and Beans - 1/2 cup
• Potato - 1 (optional)
• Fresh or Frozen Peas - 1/4 cup

Tadka and Saute

• Oil and Ghee - 1 tablespoon
• Bay Leaf - 1
• Elachi - 2 nos
• Cinnamon Stick - 1 small piece
• Cloves - 3
• Jeera /Cumin Seeds - 1 teaspoon
• Onion - 1 finely chopped
• Capsicum - 1 small no: finely chopped (optional)

Masala Powders

• Chilly Powder - 1 teaspoon
• Coriander Powder - 1/2 teaspoon
• Salt - 2 teaspoons

Method
Step 1 - Getting Basmathi rice ready

• Wash rice and soak for 1/2 hour
• Drain water completely
• Now pour the mentioned quantity of water and cook in an electrical cooker or pressure cook for 1 whistle

Step 2 - Half cooked vegetables

• Cut carrot and beans into thin slices.Dice Potatoes into small cubes
• Take them together and fill it up with water till it get immersed
• Take peas in another vessel and again fill it up water as above
• Pressure cook them for 1 whistle

Step 3 - Masala Preparation

• Heat oil and ghee together
• Add the mentioned spices one by one.Once the cumin seeds splutters put onions and fry till it turns golden brown
• Add chopped capsicum and saute well.It should be soft
• Now add peas and other half cooked veggies
• Add masala powders and salt.Mix well and make sure the veggies are well cooked at this stage.It will hardly take few minutes

Step 4 - Pulav Mixing

• In a broad basin put 1 layer of cooked rice and top it with a layer of masala
• Do it alternatively till the rice and masala gets exhausted
• Mix well with a fork.Make sure you do not mash it

Pulav is ready.Serve it with any spicy gravy

Variation from the original version

• The original version does not use potatoes and capsicum
• No bay leaf also
• And it involves very less quantity of vegetables