MICROWAVE VEGETABLE PULAO

Ingredients:

Rice - 1 cup

Potatoes, carrots, onions - 2 each (sliced length wise)

Beans - 1 handful (1 inch pieces)

Capsicum, cauliflower ---- accordingly

Ginger - 1 inch long piece

Green chillies - 3 or 4 according to spicy taste

sombu or sajeera - lil

garam masala - 1 1/2 tsp

Salt

Milk - lil

procedure:

1. Grind ginger and g.chillies into fine paste with li'l water.
2. Put li'l oil in a microwave dish and add sombu / saajeera , onions and keep microwave in medium for a min.
3. Then add garam masala and the grinded paste, keep for 20 secs (in medium)
4. Wash the vegs. and add rice (for 1 cup rice - add 3 cups of water) and half - 3/4 cup extra for vegs. depending on their quantity.
5. Add salt.cook for 25 mins (in high)....garnish with coriander and then its ready to serve.

PS: 1) when adding water u can reduce a li'l water and milk of the same quantity, i.e., instead of adding 3 3/4 cups of water , u add 3 1/2 cup of water and 1/4 cup of milk.... it wud taste yummy.

2) when the water persists in the rice, then cook for 5 more mins..