Ingredients

• 1.5 cup - basmati rice
• 1 cup - finely chopped palak
• 1 - carrot chopped
• 1/3 cup - green peas
• 1/4 cup - mushrooms
• 1 tbsp - oil
• 2 tsp - jeera(cumin seeds)
• 2 - green chillies
• 1 - bay leaf
• 1 tsp - black pepper corns
• 1 to 2 - cloves
• 1/2 tsp - garam masala
• 1 tsp - dhania powder
• 1 - tomato chopped
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp - butter

How to Make Special Palak Pulao

• Heat oil in a pan, add bay leaf and jeera. When it starts to pop, add the tomato.
• When tomato turns soft, add the masalas and vegetables (palak, mushrooms, peas, carrot).
• Cook for 2 minutes.
• Now add rice and enough water to cook it.
• When the rice is half cooked, add the butter and cover the pan till the rice is fully cooked.
• Serve hot with raitha.