Easy Vegetable Pulav

Ingredients:

·         4 cups of cooked rice or left over rice.

·         1 medium sized Onion finely chopped

·         1 medium sized Tomato finely chopped

·         1 Green chilli cut in lengthwise

·         1 cup cut Carrot & Peas/beans

·         1 tbs Ginger garlic paste

·         ¼ tsp Turmeric powder

·         ½ tsp Coriander powder

·         ½ tsp Garam  masala powder

·         1 tsp Chilli Powder

·         1 Bay leaf

·         1 Cinnamon stick

·         Little Coriander finely chopped

·         Salt to taste

·         2 tbs Oil/Ghee

Preparation:

·      In a bowl take the rice, add little oil/ghee and mix it well.

·      In a separate pan, heat oil, add bay leaves, cinnamon stick, onion, green chillies and sauté till the onion turns light brown.

·       Add ginger garlic paste, tomatoes and sauté it for few minutes.

·       Add the vegetables, chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt one by one and sauté finely.

·       Add ½ cup of water and cover the pan leave it in medium heat for 10 minutes.

·       When the vegetables are fully cooked turn off the heat.

·       Add the vegetable mixture to the rice and mix it well.

·      Check for the salt.

·      Garnish with Coriander.

·      Serve the Vegetable pulav with raita.