SIMPLE VEGETABLE PULAO

Ingredients:

2 tsp ghee
2 tsp oil

1 inch cinnamon stick
1 cardamom pod
1 bay leaf
2 cloves

1 onion sliced
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste

1 red tomato puree it
2 green chillies slit across
MIXED VEGES:
5 beans cut into 1 ½ inches in length
1 potato cut into sticks
5 cauliflower florets
½ a carrot cut into sticks
2 tbs of fresh green peas

A pinch of tumeric powder
1 tsp chillie powder
2 tbs mint leaves
Salt to taste
1 cup basmati rice soaked for 10 minutes and drained

2 cups of hot water
2 tsp lemon juice

Little coriander leaves chopped

Method:
Heat the oil and ghee in a wok, add in the cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf and cloves.
Let them crackle, add in the onions and saute till it turns limp.
Add in the gingerr garlic paste, saute for another minute. Add in the tomato puree.
Add also the green chillies, the mixed vegetables, tumeric, chillie powder,

Mint leaves, salt to taste and the drained basmati rice.
Saute for a minit gently.
Now in a rice cooker, pour 2 cups of boiling hot water.
Add in the sauteed vegetables and rice, cover and cook for 10 minutes.

After it is half cooked, add in the lemon juice, stir the contents gently.
Close and cook till the light goes off.
Your hot steaming pulao is ready. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve with zucchini vindaloo