Mixed vegetables and Nut’s rice

To serve 4-6 people:

Ingredients:
• 4 tbps of oil
• 400gms rice (soaked for 15mins)
• 1 teaspoon of shajeera
• 2 large onions
• 2 medium size tomatoes
• 1 tbp of ginger and garlic paste
• 10 cashew nuts finely chopped
• 10 almonds finely chopped
• 10 hazelnuts
• 15 raisins
• ¾ tbp of garam masala
• 1 tbp of kitchen king masala
• ½ teaspoon of turmeric
• 1 tbp of chilli pwd
• 1 large size potato chopped into big cubes
• 15 cauliflower florets
• 10 broccoli florets
• 1 small cup of beans chopped in 1” inch length
• 1 Hand full of corn cornels (optional)
• 1 small cup of green peas (I used frozen once)
• 5-6 baby corn chopped (optional)
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:
• Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add shajeera and fry for about half a minute. Add all nuts and raisins and let them cook for about 2mins. Add onions,ginger and garlic paste and cook for about a minute.
• Add all the vegetables and fry for about 5 mins. Add salt and turmeric. Fry till they are almost half cooked.
• Add garam masala, kitchen king masala and chilli pwd.
• Now add soaked rice and fry for about 2mins. Add water in 1: 1 ½ ratio.
• Close the lid and then cook for about 20mins.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
Tip:
• Instead of shajeera you can also add cumin seeds.
• Different kinds of vegetables can be used.
• Better to cook in a pan than in a pressure cooker.