പച്ചക്കറി ബിരിയാണി

Ingredients:

Basmathi rice                   : 2 cups
Onions                             : 2 nos
Carrot                              : 1 diced
Cauliflower                     : 1/4
Capsicum                        : 1/2 chopped
Beans                              : 100 gms
Peas                                : 50gms
Paneer                             :  50 gms
Green chillies                 : 2 nos 
Ginger                            : 1/2" pc }  make a paste
Garlic                             : 2 cloves}
Yoghurt                          : 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Chilli pdr                        : 1 tsp
Coriander pdr                 : 2 tsp
Tomato                           : 1 
Coriander leaves            : 1/2 cup chopped
Oil or ghee                     : 3 tbsp
Cloves                            :5nos
Cinnamon                      : 1"pc
Bay leaf                          :1
Cashews fried &broken  : 10nos                          


Method:

Chop onion and tomatoes. Slit green chilli lengthwise.
Dice carrots into small cubes. Cut the beans into small pieces. Cut paneer into cubes and fry it and keep aside.
Separate cauliflower into small florets. Chop capsicum.
Make a paste with ginger and garlic.
Heat oil or ghee in a kadai add whole garam masala to it.Fry for a second add chopped onions and   saute this till the onions become translucent. Now add the ginger garlic  paste and saute for a minute. Add green chillies and chopped tomatoes to this. Saute till the tomatoes become soggy. Now add yoghurt and mix well.
Add all the vegetables and paneer to this. Add chopped coriander leaves and finally the rice(wash it well before adding).


Add 4 cups of water and salt to this and mix well. Transfer this to a rice cooker and switch on to cooking mode. When it comes to the warm mode transfer this to a hot pack and garnish with fried cashews and chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with raita , pappad and pickle.