Bell Pepper Rice

Ingredients

Bell Peppers (Red,yellow,orange,green) – 1 each
Peas – handful(frozen)
Cauliflower – 5-6 small florets
Basmati rice – 2 cups
Bay leaf – 3
Water – 3 cups
Salt to taste
Cashew,kismis – hand ful
Ghee – 6 tsp
Coriander leaves to garnish

For Masala

Onion , tomato – ½ each, sour cream – 1 tbsp, Garlic- 3 cloves, ginger-medium piece, greenchilli – 1, cinnamon – stick, cloves – 4, cardamom – 2pods

Fry the above ingredients in 1 tsp ghee and grind it into a smooth paste.

Method

In a wide pan add 3 tsp ghee add the basmati rice and fry lightly. Add the bay leaf and fry again. Then add the masala and salt to taste to rice. In a vessel add 3 cups water and put the rice. Let it stand for 10 mnts.
Pressure cook it. You can also use a rice cooker.

Meanwhile cut the Bell Peppers into small pieces. Add 2 tsp ghee. Add chewand kismis. Fry it . Add capsicum, cauliflower and fry it nicely . In the end add the peas also to it.

When the rice is done mix the fried vegetables. Garnish it with coriander leaves

PS: If you have biriyani masala you donot need the to grind the ingredients. Just dissolve it with the rice and water before cooking.