Achari Vegetable Pulao

Ingredients

• Rice basmati wash and soaked for 30 minutes
• Potato (aalo) 2 medium size chopped
• Peas (matar) 1 cup
• Carrots (gajar) chopped in medium thick slices
• Onion (piyaz) 1 medium sliced
• Oil 1/2 cup
• Pickle (achar) 2 tablespoon
• Chopped green chilies (kati hoi hari mirchain) 4
• Tomato (tamatar) 1 chopped
• Ginger garlic paste (adrak lhasan pisa hoa) 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric (haldi) 1/4 teaspoon
• Garam masala powder 1/2 teaspoon
• Salt (namak) 2 teaspoon
• Red chili powder (pisi lal mirch) 1 teaspoon
• Bay leaf (taiz pat) 1
• Black pepper corn (sabut kali mirch) 4-5
• Cloves (laung) 5
• Cumin (zeera) 1 teaspoon
• Water 2 glass for cooking vegetables

Directions

1. 1

   Put a wok on high flame and add cooking oil in it. When the oil heats up add sliced onions in it. Fry these onions till they turn golden brown.

2. 2

   After this add bay leaf, black pepper corns, cloves, cumin in it and fry these as well. Add some water so that onions should not be burnt.

3. 3

   No turn the flame to medium and add ginger garlic paste in it. fry it for 1 minute and then add chopped green chilies in it.

4. 4

   Add peas in the masala and fry these for 4-5 minutes.

5. 5

   After this add potato and carrots and mix these in masala and add 2 glass of water in this masala. Cover the pot, turn the flame to high and let the water in masala boil.

6. 6

   When the water starts to boil, turn the flame to medium and let the vegetables cook till they get tender. This will take about 15 minutes.

7. 7

   Uncover the pot and add chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder, salt, red chili powder. Give a stir to everything and turn the flame to high now.

8. 8

   Fry the masala and dry the water from it, it will take about 5 minutes and then add achar in it.

9. 9

   Now add 4 glass of water and let this boil on high flame.

10. 10

    Then drain the water out of rice and add these in the boiling water. Let the rice cook on high flame till the water dries.

11. 11

    Now add garam masala powder in the rice, give a gentle mix and cover the pot. Turn the heat to low and steam cook the rice for 15-20 minutes till the rice are completely tender.

12. 12

    Achari vegetable pulao is ready to serve. Enjoy!