Mixed Veg Rice

Ingredients:

Basmati rice - 2 cups (wash & soak in water for half an hour and drain)
chopped french beans - 3/4 cup
cubed potatoes - 1 cup
cubed carrots - 1 cup
cauliflower florets - 1 cup
sliced onions - 1 cup
Green peas - 1/2 cup
Green chillis slit lengthwise - 1/2 cup
chopped mint leaves - 2 tbsp
coriander leaves (chopped) - 2 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
shahjeera - 1/2 tsp
cloves - 6
cinnamon - 2" stick
cardamoms - 5
marathi mogga - 2
Aniseeds stars - 2
Bay leaves - 2
mace - pinch
Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp
oil - 2 tbsp
Ghee - 2 tbsp
oil for deep frying onions
salt

Directions:

Heat the oil and ghee together in a thick bottomed pan.
Add cumin and shahjeera and let them splutter.
Add all the whole garam masala ingredients and fry for 10 seconds.
Now add all the vegetable and green chillies except onions.
Cover and cook till three fourth cooked.
Now add the ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute.
Add the rice and fry for 2 minutes.
Then add the mint leaves and 1 tbsp coriander leaves.
Add 4 cups of water and cover and cook till three fourth done.
Heat a pan and place the rice vessel with lid on the pan and let it cook on
slow fire until done.(Dum)
Deep fry the onions in a pan till dark brown.
Remove and garnish the rice with fried onions and coriander leaves.

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