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Jhatpat Green Pulao

You reach home from office late… And your family demands a ‘tasty meal’. Don’t despair… the Jhatpat Green Pulao is the easy way out! Remember, the electric rice cooker is essential… The rest is just a bit of grinding and lot more of tossing… and voila, a delicious pulao is ready. If you have no time to make the green paste, just omit and add more of garam masala powder. If you have no vegetables in your fridge, just make do with potatoes, carrots and onions… But don’t boil the potato beforehand. Just gently fry…
This one is especially for us, multi-taskers!


Ingredients
Partly boiled vegetables (carrot, capscicum, corn, peas, beans): 1 cup
Rice: 1 cup
Whole garam masala: 1tbsp
Turmeric powder: 1tsp
Red chilli powder: 1tsp
Garam masala powder: 1tsp
Ghee: 2tsp
Oil: 1tbsp
Onions: 2 medium finely chopped
Juice of one lime


To be ground into thick paste
1 small bunch of coriander leaves
1 small bunch of mint leaves
1-2 green chillies

Method
Wash rice well. Fry lightly in a little oil. Keep aside.
In the frying pan, add whole garam masala. Saute for a minute. Add chopped vegetables. Add turmeric, chilli and garam masala powder. Fry for two minutes. Add salt and remove from flame.

In a rice cooker, add rice, vegetables and two cups of water. Add the ground green paste and lemon juice. Add a little oil or ghee. Close and let it cook. Open in between and gently mix the pulao. Allow to completely cook and move onto the warm mode.
Just before serving, fry onions till golden brown and add. You may also add fried cashewnuts for extra taste. Serve hot with raita.