Simple Vegetable Biryani

INGREDIENTS:

Any small size rice - 1 cups

Water - 2 cup

Carrot - 1

Potato - 1

Cauliflower - few pieces
Beans - 4 to 5
Tomato - 2
Onion - 1 medium size
Green Chilli - 3
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
Chilli power - 1/3 tbsp
Coriander power - 1/4 tbsp 
Garam Masala - 1 1/2 tbsp
Bay leaves - 2
Cinnamon - 3 to 4 small sticks
Salt for taste

Cooking oil

PREPARATIONS 

1. Wash the rice and spread in on a plate for drying.
2. Fry the dried rice in pan for 2 to 3 mins. Once the rice start changing the color pour 1 1/2 tbsp of cooking oil and keep frying for another 2 mins. 
3. Cut the vegetable into medium size pieces. (carrot and potato can be cut in small pieces. It depends on your choice) Finely slice the onion and green chilli. 
4. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pressure cooker. Once the oil get heated put bay leaves and cinnamon, and sort it until the color changes.
5. Then add the ginger garlic paste and sort it for 2 mins. Till the color changes or the raw smell goes. 
6. Add the sliced onion and 1 tsp of salt and sort until onion changes its color.
7. Pour 2 tbsp of oil to the cooker and add chilli power, coriander power, and garam masala.
8. Fry it till the raw smell goes.
9. Then add the cut vegetables to the cooker and mix it nicely with the masala. 
10. Add 2 tsp of salt and give a nice stir.
11. Put the fried rice into cooker and pour 2 cups of water. Cook it for 2 whistle. 
12. Open the cooker and mix the rice nicely with the vegetable. Salt can be added if necessary.
13. Garnish with coriander leaf.

A perfect lunch or dinner and can be had with onion raitha/veg raitha.