SIMPLE VEGETABLE PULAO

Ingredients:

3 cups of basmati rice soaked for 20 minutes
2 cups of coconut milk
2 ½ cups of water
100 grms carrot cut into strips
100 grms beans cut into lengths
10 florets of cauliflower
50 grms green peas

200 grms onions chopped
4 green chillies sliced
1 tbs ginger garlic paste
¼ cup mint leaves
¼ cup mint leaves for garnishing
Salt to taste

2 tbs ghee
1 inch cinnamon stick
1 bay leaf
2 cardamom pods
1 star anise

Method:
Heat the ghee in a pot, add in the cinnamon, cardamom,
and bay leaves.
Add in the mint leaves, add in the onions.
Sauté for a while, add in the green chillies, ginger,
garlic paste, sauté well again.
Now add in all the vegetables, and salt. Mix well.

In a rice cooker transfer the vegetables, add in the soaked
drained rice. Add in the water and the coconut milk.
Taste for salt, cover and cook till done.
If using a pressure cooker, cook for 3 whistles, and sim for about 3 minutes.
Remove and garnish with the other ¼ cup of mint leaves.
You will have fluffy white colour less spicy, vege pulao.
Serve with spicy brinjal aachari.

You can add in fried cashews and raisins if liked