Vegetable Pulaov

Medley of vegetables of your choice with rice, cooked with wholesome spices and served with curd. This dish is one pot dish and can be served as anytime hungry meal.

Nutritional Value

The meal is packed with vitamins, carb and proteins. This dish serves around 6 adults and each helping is around 300 k cal.

Ingredients

Veggies - Capsicum, Cabbage, Potato, Beans, Carrot (all chopped)

Rice - 2 cups (washed) Basmati or any long grain

Cottage Cheese (Paneer) - Cubed

Onion- 2 diced small

Tomatoes- 3 medium

Ginger- 1 inch grated

Garlic- 20 cloves chopped

Green chili- 2 sliced

Tej Patta- 2

Big cardamom- 1

Spices

Turmeric, Coriander Powder, Garam Masala- 1 tbsp each

Salt- 2 tbsp

Ghee/Clarified butter- 3tbsp

Method 

Take a big pressure cooker, if its not available then a big pot with heavy base and add oil to it. Add the slit chilies, Tej patta, cardamom, garlic and ginger to it and fry it for 30 seconds and then add the chopped onions to it.

Let the onion fry till they are translucent and then add tomatoes and whole spices and fry till tomatoes are cooked and the mix oozes oil

Now add all chopped veggies one by one and add salt and mix everything nicely.

 

Let the vegetables cook covered and release water. Add rice to the mix and add two tbsp butter on it and fill the water till everything looks semi submerged.

 

Cook for two whistle and serve with curd.

Now for no pressure cooker same procedure can be followed till here and for the last step  in the minimum heat let the rice cook accordingly or as per packet instruction.

Enjoy!