Ma’s recipe
Really nice and comforting. A nice alternative to meat pilaf.
Ingredients (metric)
- dhana (coriander) powder
- jeera (cumin) powder + seeds
- cinnamon sticks
- elchi (cardamom pods)
- cloves
- jeera (cumin whole)
- 1/2 teaspon haldi (curcuma) powder
- 2 onions
- 4 potatoes cut in small halves
- 2 chopped carrots (little cubes)
- few green beans (optional)
- few peas
- 2 chopped zucchine (little cubes)
- boiled green lentils (optional)
- 1-2 green chilli whole
- 4 1/2 cups waterr
- 2 cups basmati rice (soak for at least 1h in water)
- 1 cauliflower (optional)
- garlic
Method
Vagar in oil with with whole jeera, elchi, cloves, cinammon sticks
add 2 onions chopped, fry until transparent/golden
add 4 potatooes small halves
add garlic, dhana powder, jeera powder, haldi powder
add 2 chopped carrots
add few green beans, peas
add 2 chopped zucchine
add green chilli whole
add boiled lentils
add 4 1/2 cups water and when vegetables are cooked, add 2 cups rice
Lastly, add chopped cauliflower