Coconut Milk Vegetable Pilaf

Difficulty Rating 2: Special Ingredients needed

1 cup Basmati Rice

1 cup Mixed Vegetables (such as beans, carrots, peas, potato, green bean)

1 small onion chopped

4 Green chillies

1 ¾ cups Thick canned coconut milk (found in the international section of any grocery store)

2 Tbsp Cumin seeds

4 large cloves Garlic finely chopped

1 in Piece Ginger finely chopped

1 in Piece

3 Bay leaves

4 Cardamom/Elachi

4 cloves

Salt to taste

Oil


1.       Slightly steam the vegetables so that they are at least 80% cooked
2.       Wash the rice and soak it for 10 minutes.
3.       Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom and fry.
4.       Add ginger and garlic and fry but do not allow it to brown.
5.       Add onions, green chillies and salt and stir fry until the onions are golden.
6.       Add the veggies and stir fry for 2-3 minutes
7.       Drain the water from the rice.
8. Add the Add the coconut milk, rice and onion/veggie mixture to a rice cooker and cook until the rice is done.