Taheri Pulav - Lucknow Special Vegetable Pulav

Iam tagging it under "Kid's Special" because it is not at all spicy

Ingredients

Part 1 - Basmathi Rice

• Basmathi Rice - 3 cups
• Water - 41/2 cups
• Salt - 1 teaspoon

Part 2 - Vegetables

• Carrot, Beans, Cauliflower, Potato - 1 cup
• Peas - 1/2 cup

Part 3 - Grind and Fry

• Green Chillies - 3 nos
• Garlic - 5 nos
• Cinnamon stick - small piece
• Sanuf / Sombu - 1/2 teaspoon

Part 4 - Seasoning

• Oil / Ghee - 3 teaspoons
• Cardamom - 2 nos (I used 2 pinches of Cardamom powder)
• Clove - 3 nos

Part 5 - Others

• Salt - 2 teaspoons
• Coraindar and Mint leaves - as needed

Method

• Wash and soak basmathi rice for 20 minutes
• Boil water with salt , a pinch of cardamom powder and 1 mint and corainder leaf
• Add the washed and soaked rice.Close the lid
• Cook it in slow flame
• After 10 minutes rice is will be cooked
• Keep it closed for sometime

Step -2 Cooking Vegetables and Masala Paste

• Pressure cook the vegetables for 1 whistle
• Grind the items given under "Part 3" and saut it in 1 teaspoon of oil till the raw smell goes

Step 3 - Pulav

• Heat oil + ghee in a kadai.Saute cloves and cardomom in it.I used a pinch of cardamom powder
• Add tomato cubes and stir it with a pinch of salt.Make sure that it does not become mushy
• Add the boiled vegetables and saute it once
• Now add the masala paste and mix well.Add salt and swirl it once
• Finally put the cooked basmathi rice and mix it with a fork
• You may transfer it into a bigger vessel while doing so
• Garnish with mint and coriander leaves

Lucknow Special Taheri Pulav is ready.Serve with dhal or any spicy gravy