Veg Pulao using homemade masala paste

Ingredients
Spices required to prepare masala paste
Grated Coconut - 3 spoons
Cilantro (Also known as Coriander leaves) - around 10 strands
Mint leaves (Pudina) - around 10 leaves
Ginger - almost 1 inch
Garlic - around 4 to 5
Cinnamon piece - 2 inches
Clove - 4 to 5
Black pepper - 4 to 5
Green chilly - 2 (vary according to taste)
Turmeric powder - a pinch

Rice - 1 medium cup
Oil - 5 to 6 spoons
Cinnamon leaf (Tej patta) - 1 to 2
Beans - around 10
Carrot - 1 medium sized
Green peas - 1/2 fist
Potato - 1 medium sized
Salt

Note: I have used less oil so that Pulao is little dry. If you want can increase the oil quantity according to your taste.

Method
1. Grind all the spices mentioned under 'Ingredients' section to a fine paste by adding little water.

2. Heat oil in a pan and add Cinnamon leaf and ground paste. Saute it until all the water content is dried up and oil leaves out of paste. It looks like the one shown in picture 1.

3. Now mix masala paste, chopped vegetables (Carrot, Potato, Beans and Green Peas), rice, Salt and water enough to cook them all in a cooker as shown in picture 2.

4. Once it is cooked, Veg Pulao is ready to serve :-)

Serve Veg Pulao with Tomato and Onion Raita

Veg Pulao using masala powder

I have tasted pulao so many times in different places. But I did not have Pulao of same taste anywhere.
Here I am going to give the recipes of Pulao variaties whichever I know and will be posting whichever I learn. :-)
Do try each of them and enjoy :-)

Today for breakfast I prepared Veg Pulao using ready made masala powders. It turned really delicious. So first in the list, I am writing that recipe itself.

Pic1. Masala paste

Pic2. Cut vegetables

Pic3. Vegetables added with Masala paste

Pic4. Pulao ready

Ingredients
Note: Whatever powders listed below, the quantity can be varied according to your taste.

Spice powders
Garam masala - 1/2 spoon
Coriander powder - 1/4 spoon
Jeera / Cumin powder - 1/4 spoon
Red chilly powder - 1/4 spoon
Turmeric powder - less than 1/4 spoon
Vegetables required
Can use any vegetables, but Pulao tastes delicious only if following vegetables are present in it. :-)
French beans - 5 to 6
Potato - 1 small
Carrot - 1 small
Green peace - 1 fist
Cauliflower (Optional) - 3 to 4 strands

Ginger-Garlic paste - 1/4 spoon
White Rice - 1 to 1 1/2 medium sized cup.
Curd - 3 to 4 spoons

Oil - 5 to 6 spoons
Salt

Method

1. Mix all the spice powders with curd to a paste as shown in picture 1 and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a cooker and add Ginger-Garlic paste. Fry until raw smell is gone.
3. Add the masala paste prepared and fry until the color changes to dark brown lightly.
4. Add all the chopped vegetables and mix it with fried paste and fry for few seconds as shown in picture 3.
5. Add washed white rice, water and salt. Cook everything together.
     (Note: Add little more water than usual since we have added vegetables along with the rice.)

Once cooked, Vegetable Pulao is ready. Serve it with Raitha.