This one is made in almost every household and very simple to make and also loved by all. This can take sumptuous vegetables and becomes a wholesome meal.
Ingredients:
2 cups basmati rice, ¼ kg french beans, 2 carrots, 2 potatoes, 2 onions, 2 tbsp khus khus, 3 green chillis, 1 inch ginger piece, 6 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon piece, 3 green elaichi (cardamom), 1 pinch grated jaiphal, 3 bits javitri, 3 tbsp oil and salt to taste.
Preparation:
- Soak khus khus in a little water along with 7/8garlic cloves, green chillies and ginger.
- Wash the rice and keep aside.
- Peel the potatoes and carrots.
- Slice onions finely and cut all vegetables into even size so that they get cooked uniformly.
- Grind khus khus with the other spices into a fine paste.
- Heat oil in a big heavy bottomed kadhai/ pan, put tej patta/bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, elaichi, javitri, jaiphal and fry, to this add sliced onion , fry till brown, add the vegetables and stir fry a little and add the washed rice, stir for a while and put off the gas.
- Take a small pan and heat a little oil, add the khus khus paste and fry well.
- Once the oil starts leaving the sices add this to rice and vegetable mix.
- Heat 31/2 cups of water in the electric rice cooker and to this add the prepared rice and vegetable mix.
Cook till done and serve hot with bagara baingan and raita.
