Vegetable palav recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup Sona masuri rice
• 1 Onion
• 1 Tomato (small)
• 1 Carrot
• 12 Beans
• 1 Potato
• 1/2 cup Cauliflower small florets (12 small pieces)
• 1/2 tsp Coriander seeds powder
• 1/2 Lemon
• 1 tsp Ghee
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric
• 3 tbsp Oil
• 1 Biryani leaf
• Salt
• 1/4 cup Coriander leaves (loosely filled)
• 1/4 cup Mint leaves (loosely filled)
• 1/4 Onion
• 1.5 tbsp Ginger (chopped)
• 6 Garlic (large variety)
• 5 Green chilli
• 1 Cardamom
• 1 Marathi moggu
• 1/2 inch Cinnamon piece
• 1 Clove
• 1/4 Star anise

Instructions

1. 1

   Slice onion, chop tomato into cubes. Cut the vegetables as per the size you want. If you have peas, you can add peas too.

2. 2

   Keep cauliflower immersed in hot water with salt.

3. 3

   Soak sona masuri rice for just 10 mins.

4. 4

   Boil 2 cups water for using later in step 8.

5. 5

   In a pressure cooker, heat oil and add biryani leaf followed by sliced onion.

6. 6

   Add all the chopped veggies, tomato except cauliflower.

7. 7

   Place peeled garlic, ginger, onion, cardamom, clove, cinnamon, star anise, marathi moggu, green chilli, mint and coriander leaves in a blender. Grind smoothly.

8. 8

   Pour this over the vegetables. Add coriander seeds powder, turmeric, little salt just for the vegetables.

9. 9

   Mix and cook covered in medium or low flame. Wait until oil separates and the raw smell of the masala goes away. (5-8 mins)

10. 10

    Add 2 cups of hot boiling water and soaked rice.

11. 11

    Drop the cauliflower, strained from water. Mix in lemon juice and close the lid.

12. 12

    Pressure cook for 2 whistles in medium flame. Fluff once done.