Ingredients

• Basmati Rice - 2 cups
• Carrot - 2 (cut into thin round slices)
• Beans - 1 cup (cut into medium size pieces)
• Green peas - 1/2 cup
• Onion - 1
• Clarified butter or ghee - 3 tsp
• To be ground:
• Garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Fresh ginger - 1/4" grated
• Green chillies - 4
• Mint - 1/2 bunch
• Cilantro or coriander leaves - 1/4 bunch
• Garam masala (Cloves, Cinnamon, Bay leaves, Elaichi)
• Fresh grated coconut - 1/2 cup
• Almonds - 10
• Cashewnut - 10
• Salt - to taste

How to Make Mint Veg Pulao

• Saute the garam masala in ghee for about 3 mins. Let it cool.
• Grind ingredients in a blender until smooth.
• Cook the rice so that each grain is separate.
• In a heavy bottomed pan, add ghee and saute the onion for few minutes.
• Add the vegetables one by one. Salt and allow them to cook until they are soft, adding little amount of water.
• When the vegetables are cooked, add the ground masala. Stir fry till the raw smell leaves.
• Add the masala and the vegetables to the rice by layering alternatively.
• Garnish with roasted cashewnuts and mint leaves.
• Serve this hot with channa masala and cucumber raita.