Vegetable Masala Pulao

Ingredients

1) Potatoes - 2

2) Onion - 1(big one)

3) Cauliflower - 10 to 12 florets

4) Carrot - 1/2 cup

5) Green pees - 1/2 cup

6) Rice - 3 cups

7) Whole Masala - Cloves-3,  Cinnamon small sticks-2, Bay leaves-2, Green cardamom-4

8) Curd - 1 cup

9) Beans - 1/2 cup

10) Coriander Powder - 2 1/2 table spoons

11) Cumin Powder - 2 table spoons

12) Red Chilli Powder - 1 table spoon

13) Garam Masala - 1/2 table spoon

14) Black Pepper corns - 3 to 4

15) Green Chillies -  4 to 5

16) Ginger - 1/2 inch

17) Ginger Garlic paste - 1 1/2 table spoon

18) Coriander (or) Cilantro leaves - 1 cup

19) Cumin seeds - 2 tea spoons

20) Ghee - 3 table spoons

21) Salt - as per taste.

22) Water - for 1 cup rice add 3/4 cup water

Procedure

     Soak the rice for 30 minutes and keep it aside.

Vegetable Masala Preparation:

1) Cut all the vegetables into medium square shape but chop the onion and ginger into small pieces.

2) Take ghee in a pan and heat it.

3) Then add cumin seeds and pepper corns into it.

4) Add whole masala to it,after the masala turned into gold colour add ginger and onions to it.

5) Then add ginger garlic  paste and green chillies to it.

6) After onions turned into light orange colour add coriander or cilantro leaves.

7) Then add all the spice powders into it and mix it well.

8) Now we can add potatoes and cauliflower florets.

9) Fry them for 2 minutes and add carrot, green pees,beans to it.

10) Fry them until they turned into light brown colour.

11) Now add curd and little bit of salt to it and mix it well.

12) Stir it continuously until the masala gets closer and switch off the stove.

Pulao Preparation:

1) Take the soaked rice into a cooker.

2) Add the vegetable masala into it and water.

3) Add salt to it and stir it once.

4) Now close the lid of the cooker and put it on the stove in medium flame.    

5) Then After 3 whistles switch off the stove (pulao is ready in cooker).

6) After the lid was open take one table spoon of ghee in a pan and heat it.

7) Add the pulao into a pan and fry it for 3 to 4 minutes and switch it off.

8) Garnish with coriander leaves.

9) Vegetable masala pulao is ready and serve hot.

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Gravy Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients
1) Tomatoes - 3
2) Peanuts - 50 gms
3) Onions - 2
4) Ginger - 20 gms
5) Garlic - 5 loves
6) Cloves - 3
7) Coriander Powder - 2 table spoon
8) Methi - 4-5 seeds
9) Green Peas - 15 gms
10) Corn - 15 gms
11) Carrot - 1
12) Cauliflower - 10 florets
13) Beans - 15 gms
14) Turmeric Powder - 1 tea spoon
16) Cumin Powder - 1 table spoon
17) Red Chilli Powder - 1 table spoon
18) Mustard Seeds - 5 gms
19) Cumin Seeds - 5 gms
20) Black Pepper seeds - 2 gms
21) Cabbage - 25 gms
22) Basmati Rice- 4 cups
23) Oil - 2 Table Spoons
24) Salt - as per taste

Procedure:
1) Take Oil in a pan and heat it. Add Chopped Onions, Chopped Tomatoes. Once fried keep them aside to cool down. Once cooled, Grind them into fine paste
2) Take tea spoon oil in pan and heat it. Add Ginger, Garlic, Cloves, Methi seeds to it and fry them. Once cooled grind them into paste.
3) Grind Peanuts into fine powder.
4) Boil Cauliflower and keep it aside
5) Boil Rice and Keep it aside
6)  Take Ghee in a large pan. Add Mustard seeds, Cumin speeds to it. Once they splutter add Pepper.
7) Add Cabbage and beans to it and fry them.
8) Add Cauliflower and mix them well.
9) Add Carrot, Corn, Green Peas and mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
10) Add Coriander powder, Cumin Powder, Red Chilli Powder and Turmeric Powder and mix them          well.
11) Add Tomato, Onion Paste to it and heat for 5 mins.
12) Add Ginger, Garlic paste to the above mixture and heat it.
13) Add Peanut powder (3 table spoons) and thoroughly mix all the ingredients.
14) Add Boiled Basmati rice and keep the flame in medium.
15) Mix the rice with all the ingredients thoroughly and heat for 10 mins.
16) Hot Gravy Vegetable Fried Rice is ready to Serve.

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