Vegetable Fried Rice

My all time party dish! Great when combined with any non-veg curry and Raita.

Ingredients:

1. Basmathi rice - 1 cup

2. Cinnamon stick- very small pieces - 4

3. Cloves - 4

4. Bay leaf - 2

5. cardamom - 2

6. Ghee - 4 tbsp

For vegetable mixture

7. Beans - finely chopped - 1/4 cup

8. Carrot - small cubes - 1/4 cup

9. Cabbage - finely chopped - 1/4 cup (optional)

10. Big onion - finely chopped - 1/4 cup

11. Capsicum - finely chopped-2 tbsp (optional)

12. Celery - finely chopped - 2 tbsp (optional)

13. Black pepper powder - 2 tsp

14 .Salt - to taste

15. Oil - 2 tsp

For Garnishing:

1. Cashewnut - 10

2. Raisin - 10

3. Spring onion - finely chopped - 2 tsp

4. Big onion - thinly sliced - 1/4 of a medium onion

Method(I do it in pressure cooker):

1. Heat the ghee in cooker.

2. Add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf and fry for a minute.

3. Add the washed and drained rice.

4. Fry the rice for 10 minutes.

5. Add 2 cups of water.

6. Add salt to taste.

7. Stir everything and close the cooker. Cook till 3 whistles. Let it sit for 15 minutes.

8. Meanwhile heat oil in a pan. (for vegetable mixture)

9. Add chopped onions and saute till trasparent.

10. Add beans, carrot, cabbage and cook with enough water, salt, pepper powder.

11. When the vegetables are half done, add the capsicum and celery.

12. When all the veggies are cooked, saute until the it becomes a dry mixture.

13. When the rice is done, fluff it with a fork.

14. Add the veggie mixture and mix well without breaking the rice grains.

Finally to garnish:

1. Heat oil in a pan.

2. Fry cashews, raisins separately.

3. Fry the onions until they are brown in color.

4. Garnish with fried cashews, raisins, onions and chopped spring onions.