Veg Pulao is a comfort and satisfying complete meal, cooked with aromatic rice (basmati), mixed vegetables & whole spices. This makes a healthy, nutritious & delicious one pot meal paired with raita, pickle & roasted papad.
- Put the rice soaked for 20 min in rice cooker.
- In a heavy bottomed pan, saute the garam masala(Cloves, Cinnamon stick, Bay leaves, green &black cardamom, shahi jeera), chopped onion, salt in ghee for about 3 minutes.
- Then add ginger garlic paste, peppercorns and saute it again.
- Then add chopped green chilies, mint and coriander leaves, chili powder( optional), cumin powder( optional), coriander powder ( optional), mix well.
- Add the vegetables (carrot, green peas, potato) one by one salt allow them to cook until they are soft adding little amount of water.
- When the vegetables are cooked, add the yogurt stir fry till the raw smell leaves.
- Add the masala the vegetables to the rice and mix.
- Switch on the rice cooker and pulao is ready.
- Garnish with saffron water on top, roasted cashew nuts, mint leaves.
Serve this hot with Cucumber Raitha. Happy cooking with vahrehvah!!!