VEGETABLE PULAO / VEG PULAV /SPICY RICE DISH / SOUTH INDIAN VEG RICE RECIPE

From childhood "veg-pulav" is my favourite dish . My mother cooks pulav very well , so i learnt  it from my mom . I feel this is the perfect pulav recipe , even in hotel i don't  like the pulav as they cook differently . This is Sunday's special of this week in my kitchen . Use fresh veg's to make pulav much tasty , you can feel the nice aroma once the masala is put in to the pan , such a flavourful ,colourful dish it is . what more i can say is don't just see the pic , quickly try and share ur feelings with me . 

Ingredients:-

1. Rice   basmati/ bullet / jeera/ normal          4 T-cups  * refer note *
2. Beens   cut in to small pieces                      1 bowl
3. Carrot   cut in to small pieces                      1 bowl
4. Fresh Peas / dry peas soaked over night      1/2 bowl
5. Onion     cut in to little big pieces               2                                 
6. Green Chilly                                                2-4 as per ur spice level
7. Grated / chopped coconut                           1/2 bowl
8. Pulav leaf                                                    2-3 
9. Cardamom                                                  5-6
10. Cinnamon                                                   3 inch
11. Cloves                                                         8-10
12. Poppy seeds/ khus khus                              1 & 1/2 tsp
13. Ginger  & Garlic paste                              2 tsp
14. Salt      (to ur taste)                                     2 tsp
15. Mustard seeds                                            1 tsp
16. Turmeric powder                                       1/2 tsp                  
17. Oil                                                             1 T-cup
18. Water  1:2 ratio so for 4 cup of rice          8 cups                        

Preparation time : 30 min
Cooking time    : 15 min
Serves               : 4-5 persons
Method:-
In a small pan / kadai  add cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and  dry roast them on medium flame for 2-3 min , turn off the stove , remove them to a mixer jar , add poppy seeds to hot pan and fry for 2 -3 min that much heat is enough for them no need to turn on flame. Now remove the outer part of cardamom and add only inner part to jar , add roasted poppy seeds to jar grind it to make powder (don't  add water )  . 

Now add coconut , chilly to the jar / blender in which spices powder is there , add little by little water and grind it (no need of making super fine paste). " The amount of water which you add to grind should be taken from the measured 8 cups of water only , no extra water should be added other wise texture and taste both will change ".

Keep a cooker pan on stove , put oil heat it on medium flame for 2 min, add mustard seeds when they split , add pulav leaves , add onion fry for 2 min , add carrot , beens fry for 2 min, add  peas fry for 2 more min , now add ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, salt , and grounded masala and mix well for 2 min , mean while wash and keep the rice ready .

Add the remaining water to pan mix well ,  add rice  and again give a stir , close the cooker cap , keep low medium flame , let it  cook for 1 whistle.

After 1 whistle  , turn off the stove and allow it to cool , now open the cap and mix well so that all masala and veg's  get mixed well with rice in right proportion .

So now mouth watering , aromatic , flavour full of veg-pulav is ready to serve .

You can serve as it is hot -hot , or with curd containing chopped onion, tomato, cucumber and salt , in kannada we call it as mosuru-bajji , will post it some time .
NOTE:-
You can use any rice but except normal rice al others need 1:2 ratio of water , but for normal rice it depends on quality , new , old  like that . some rice needs less water  and some more , so you need to decide water ratio based on how much you add daily for cooking normal rice . If u are adding 3 cups of water for 1 cup of rice to cook daily  then may be 2 or 2.5 cup of water can be added to pulav, as it should not be mushy.
you can also add cauliflower , bread crumbs .