Palav / Pulav / Veg Pulao

Ingredients:

For palav masala:

• Grated coconut - 3 tea spoons
• garlic- 5
• green chilly - 1
• cinnamon - 1 inch
• coriander leaves
• cardamom - 2
• ginger - 1 inch

For roasting/cooking:

• Onion - 1
• carrot - 2
• beans ~ 1/2 to 1 cup
• green peas ~ 1/2 cup
• rice - 3.5 cups
• water - 7 cups

Mosar bajji(raita):

• cucumber - 1
• ginger - 1 teaspoon
• Onion - 1/4
• curd - 2 tablespoons
• salt

Method:

Step 1. Preparing palav masala: Grind all the ingredients with water.

Step 2. Cut all the vegetables.

Step 3. Wash rice (I used sona masuri) and keep aside.

Step 4. In a cooker, on low flame, add a teaspoon of ghee and fry onions till they turn pale yellow.Keep aside.

Step 5. In the same cooker, add a teaspoon of ghee, fry all vegetables and add salt. Fry for 3 minutes.

Step 6. Add masala, fry for three more minutes.

Step 7. Add rice, fry for a minute.

Step 8. Add onion and add 7 cups of water. Add salt.

Step 9. Cook for 2 whistles.

Step 10. Prepare mosaru bajji(raita) by grating cucumber and add chopped onion, ginger and curd. Add salt and mix well. Serve with pulao.

I prepared this one-minute video covering all these steps.