Vegetable Pulav

Ingredients

• Basmati rice – 1 cup
• Chopped onion – 1
• Vegetables – 1 cup (carrot, beans, peas)
• Cinnamon – 1″
• Cardamom – 2
• Cloves – 2

Preparation

1. Heat oil in a pan and add cinnamon,cloves and cardamom. Then sauté onion till they turn light pink, add all the vegetables saute for a few minutes.

2.Add a pinch of turmeric powder and salt.cover and cook for some time.The vegetables should retain their crunchiness.

3. Add rice, needed salt, 2 cups of boiling water in a pot.Squeeze juice of half a lemon and cook.

4.Mix the rice with vegetables and serve with vegetable raita.

Vegetable Raita

1. Chop carrots, tomatoes (remove the seeds) cucumber and onions finely.

2. Take 1 cup of curd and mix all the vegetables. Add salt required.

3. Heat a tsp of oil, add mustard seeds, when mustard splutters, add finely chopped green chillies. Saute for a second and add to the curd & vegetable mix.

4.Sprinkle roasted cumin powder and mix it . Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.