Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients needed for the Vegetable Fried Rice :
2 cups Basmathi Rice 
2 cups mixed vegetables , chopped 2 cinnamon4 cloves
2 cardamoms1 bay leaf cut into two pieces
Salt to Taste
2 tbsps ghee / oil

How prepare the easy and less spicy Vegetable Fried Rice:

Soak rice for half an hour and drain. Keep aside.
Slice all vegetables into thin shreds. Steam them for 2-5 minutes till they are 3/4 ths cooked.
If you can , microwave the vegetables for a minute or two, the colour won't change.
Heat oil/ghee in a pressure pan. Put in bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom.
When they brown, add drained rice and fry till it gets hot to the touch. The rice should be coated with the ghee uniformly.
Add 3 cups of water ie one and half cups of water for one cup of rice.
Add salt to taste. Cover the pan and put the weight. After 1 whistle , simmer for two minutes and remove from fire.
When cool , open and mix in the cooked vegetables nicely.
Serve with any of the spicy dishes.

Points to Note:
Always remember to soak rhe rice for at least 20 minutes and then drain the water completely.
The rice should not have excess water, if there is , the rice will start getting cooked while you fry the rice itself.
If you can heat the water you use for cooking the rice but then cold water can also be used. I always use cold water for this recipe. The grains will be separate if you follow this method correctly

You can decorate this with fried nuts and panneer pieces and make it look rich.