Veg Pulao Recipe | How to make Veg Pulao Recipe

Ingredients of Veg Pulao:-

• 1 cup basmati rice
• 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
• 2 medium tomato, chopped
• 2 medium potato or 1 cup potato, diced
• 1 cup cauliflower florets
• 1 green bell paper, chopped
• 2 medium carrots or 1 cup carrots, chopped
• 8-10 green beans or 1/2 cup green beans, chopped
• 1/2 cup peas
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 2 green chilies, chopped
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 green cardamoms
• 1 black cardamom
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 3-4 cloves
• 4-5 whole black peppercorn
• 8-10 slice cheese
• 2 tsp salt, or to taste
• 8-10 cashews
• 1 tbsp mint leaves
• 1 tbsp coriander leaves 
• 2-3 tbsp oil or ghee
• 2 cups water

Instructions:-

1. Rinse 1 cup of rice in water 2-3 times. Soak it in 1 cup of water for 20 minutes.
2. Drain the soaked rice
3. Heat ghee or oil in a pot.
4. Add cumin seeds, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, black peppercorn, bay leaf and cashews.
5. Then add onions along with paste of ginger, garlic and green chilies.
6. Fry them till they are golden brown.
7. Add the chopped tomatoes and saute until tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
8. Add all the vegetables and mix well and saute for 2-3 minutes.
9. Add cheese, coriander leaves, mint leaves and salt. saute for a minute.
10. Drain the soaked rice and add them to the pot.
11. Add 2 cups of water.
12. Cover the pot with a lid and cook on a medium flame for around 10-15 minutes, till the water dries up and the rice are cooked.
13. Serve veg pulao with onion-tomato salad or raita or mango pickle.