Vegetable Pulao

Ingredients

• 300g / 1.5 cups long-grain aged basmati rice*
• 30g or 2 tbsp ghee or butter
• 110g or 1 large onion
• 8g or 3 garlic cloves
• 12g or 1.5 tsp ginger paste
• 25g or 10 cashew nuts
• 130g or 1 medium potato
• 65g or 1 carrot
• 80g or 12 green beans
• 70g or 1/2 cup fresh/frozen green peas
• 200g or 1/4th cauliflower
• 1/4th cup fresh mint leaves
• 1-2 green chilies
• a small bunch coriander stems (optional)
• 2 tbsp fried onions (optional)
• 3g or 1 tsp whole cumin seeds (jeera, जीरा)
• 2 indian bay leaves** (tej patta, तेज पत्ता)
• 2 cinnamon sticks (dal chini, दालचीनी)
• 4 cloves (laung, लौंग)
• 4 green cardamom pods (chooti elaichi, इलाइची)
• 1 black cardamom pod (badi elaichi, बड़ी इलाइची)
• 20 or 1 tsp black peppercorns (kali elaichi, काली मिर्च)
• a pinch ground mace (javitri, जावित्री) (optional)