Ingredients

The following ingredients have 2 Servings
  • 1 cup rice
  • 5 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp ghee (/clarified butter)
  • 1 inch cinnamon
  • 4 cloves
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tomato
  • 1 cup mixed vegetable (frozen cut vegetables would also work fine)
  • 1 tsp red chili powder
  • 1/6 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/4 tsp garam masala
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cilantro

Instruction

  • Soak rice for 20 minutes, rinse, drain, and keep aside
  • Over the medium heat, in a pan add hee, vegetable oil followed by cloves, cinnamon stick.
  • Once it starts slightly changing its color, add sliced onion and saute until it becomes soft and translucent.
  • Add ginger garlic paste and saute for a for few seconds.
  • Add chopped tomato, continue to saute it until tomatoes turns mushy.
  • Add chopped mixed vegetables, saute for a minute.
  • Add red chili powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and saute for a minute.
  • Add water and salt. Bring it to rolling boil.
  • Add rinsed and drained rice.
  • In the medium flame cook the rice. Once the rice doubles and 85% of the water evaporates like in this picture.
  • Seal it with aluminium foil. Simmer the flame completely, and cook it further for 8-10 minutes.
  • Wait for 10 minutes, open the foil and serve hot.