Vegetable polao

vegetable polao

Flavourful rice with healthy colourful vegetables.

Ingredients

Basmati rice                                          1 ½ cups

Carrots (1/2 inch pieces)                         2 medium

Freanch beans (1/2 inch pieces)             10

Green peas (shelled)                              ¾ cup

Broccoli (small florets)                            6

Red capsicum (seeded ½ inch pices)      1

Oil                                                        2 tbsp

Green cardamoms                                 4

Cumin seeds                                         1 tsp

Onions, diced                                        2 large

Green chillies (finely chopped)                4

Salt                                                      to taste

Tomato (diced)                                      1 large

Cashewnuts (halved and fried)                 20

Saffron (mixed in ¼ cup milk)                  a few strands

Coriander leaves (chopped)                     2 tbsp              

Mint leaves (chopped)                             6

Deep fried onions                                   1 cup

Ginger (cut into thin strips)                      2 inch pices

Method

First heat oil in a pan, add green cardamoms and cumin seeds and sauté till fragrant.

put cardamom and cumin in hot oil

Then add onion, carrot, French beans and stir well. Add green chillies and green peas and mix well.

Add 3 cups of water and salt and stir, cover and cook for 2 – 3 minutes.

Now add rice and stir, then add tomato and cashew nuts and mix well and continue cooking.

add rice into vegetables

Then add saffron milk, coriander leaves and mint leaves and stir to mix well.

add coriander and mint leaves

Add fried onions and mix lightly, then cover and cook on low heat for 5 minutes.

add fried onion

Open cover, add broccoli and red capsicum, mix lightly.

Cover and cook on medium heat until the vegetables and rice are cooked.

Serve hot garnished with ginger strips and remaining fried onions.