Ingredients

• Cooked rice (refrigerated) - 2 cups
• To grind :
• Cilantro or coriander leaves - 1/4 bunch
• Mint leaves - 2 tbsp
• Green chillies - 6
• Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
• Jeera - 1/2 tsp -
• Coriander seeds - 4 to 5
• Cinnamon - 2 sticks
• Cloves - 3 to 4
• Cardamom - 2 to 3
• Fresh grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
• Ghee - 3 Tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Chopped vegetables (beans, carrots, cauliflower florets, green peas and onions) - 1 cup

How to Make Traditional Vegetable Pulao

• Cook the veggies except onions till soft. Crush a stick of cinnamon and 2-3 cloves.
• Heat ghee in a kadai, add the crushed cinnamon and cloves. Add chopped onions and saute till the onions turn translucent.
• Now, boil the cooked veggies with required amount of salt, add the ground masala and the sauteed onions. Boil the mixture on a medium flame till the raw smell of the masala is gone.
• Pour this mixture on the cooled rice and mix properly. Heat on a very low flame just to make the pulao warm.
• Serve with tomato raitha.