Vegetable Pulao

Ingredients:

1. Rice - 1 cup ( washed and soaked for 15-20 minutes)
2. Assorted vegetables - 2 cups ( Beans, Carrots, Potato, Peas, Cauliflower etc. diced/chopped into small pieces (not the peas of course))
3. Ginger - 1 inch piece (crushed)
4. Garlic - 6-8 pods (crushed)
5. Onions - 2 or 3 (chopped length-wise)
6. Cloves - 2 or 3 (powdered)
7. Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece (powdered)
8. Bay leaf - 1 or 2
9. Green chillies - 2 or 3
10. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp.
11. Oil - 2-3 tbsp.
12. Ghee - 1 tsp.

Procedure:

1. Heat oil  and ghee in a pressure cooker, season with cumin seeds.
2. Add the crushed ginger-garlic, bay leaf and saute for a few seconds. Add green chillies and onions and fry for 2 minutes till the onions turn translucent.
3. Add the clove and cinnamon powder.
4. Add the chopped vegetables and saute for 3-4 minutes.
5. Add rice to this and stir well.
6. Add water ( Add around 2 cups of water for one cup of rice. It depends on the kind of rice. If you normally add 2 cups per cup of rice, add slightly less in the pulao, since the vegetables leave out some water too.). Stir well.
7. Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles. Do not overcook.
8. Serve with Raita.