Veg Pulav with curd

Its not a very difficult rice to make.. yet anyday.anytime..everyone will like this flavoured rice. This time I added a special ingredient "Curd" and made in rice cooker taking the recipe from Vahchef. 

Ingredients

• 1 cup of basmati rice
• 1 cup veggies of your choice
• 1/4 of chopped onions
• 2 green chillies(finely chopped)
• 3 or 4 pepper corns
• 1 cup of chopped mint and cilantro
• 2 tbsp of curd
• 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste
• whole garam masala or garam masala powder
• 2 tbsp of ghee or oil or a mix of both

Pre-cooking

• Soak the rice in the required amount of water for 15 minutes(I used 1:2 ratio)

Method

• Heat oil or ghee in a kadai and add the whole garam masala to it.
• Once the cumin seeds splutter, add the chopped onions and saute for few minutes.Do not make it brown.
• Add ginger garlic paste to this mixture.
• After 2 minutes , add the green chillies & pepper corns.
• Then add the mint and cilantro and fry till you get the nice aroma.
• Now add the curd and mix well.
• Finally add the chopped veggies and saute for a few minutes.
• Add salt and garam masala if needed.
• Finally mix with the rice-water mixture and keep in rice cooker.

Serving suggestions

• Serve with any raitha of your choice and some pickle or simply some chips !

Tips

• You can also use normal cooker and keep for 2 whistles.