Veg Pulav

This is a Simple rice recipe tried on my own. Goes well with chole or some nice chicken gravy.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup peas
1/2 cup beans
1/2 cup carrots
2 cups basamati rice
3 tblsp ghee
1 pinch turmeric
2 big elaichi
5 small elaichi
1 stick dalchini
5 cloves
5 peppercorns
2 bay leaves
2 green chillies(chopped)
1 medium sized onion(chopped)
1/2 tblsp shahi jeera

Directions:

Boil the peas and beans with some salt.
Clean the rice in water. Seperate the water and keep aside.
Heat the vessel. Add ghee,jeera. Once the jeera is fried add onions, fry for 2 mins. Add chillies and the spices(elaichi, peppercorns, dalchini, cloves, bay leaves) and turmeric. Fry for 2 mins. Add the carrots. After the carrot is cooked, add the peas and beans. Mix in the rice. Add 4 cups of water(the rice and water proportion should be 1:2).Salt to taste. Keep in high heat for first 5 mins and then slow down the heat. Pulav is ready

Serve it with salad.

For salad:

1/2 cup chopped cucumber
1/2 cup chopped onions,
few coriander chopped,
1/4 cup curd
1 chopped green chilly
Salt to taste.

Mix all the ingredients to make the salad