For Pulav:

• 150 gm Basmati Rice.
  
• 1 cup Chopped mix vegetables (peas, french
• beans, carrot, cauliflower, potatoes)
  
• 1/4th cup Onion (chopped in vertical slices)
  
• 1 tsp Ginger (grated)
  
• 1 tbsp Ghee or Oil.
  
• ½ tsp Cumin seeds.
  
• ½ tsp Red chili powder.
  
• ½ tsp Cinnamon-Clove Powder.
  
• 1Bay Leaf.
  
• 1 Big Cardamom.
  
• ½ tsp Turmeric.
  
• Salt as per taste.

For Pakodas:

• Oil as required.
• ½ cup Gram flour (besan)
  
• ½ tsp Ginger - garlic paste
  
• 1 tsp Carom seeds (Ajwain)
  
• ½ tsp Aniseeds (variyali/ snaff)
  
• 1 Green chili (finely chopped)
  
• ½ tsp red chili powder.
  
• ½ tsp cinnamon-clove powder.
  
• ½ tsp Turmeric.
  
• Salt as per taste.
  
  

Method:

• Heat oil & take it in a vessel.
• Add gram flour to it.
• Grind aniseeds & carom seeds & add it to gram flour.
• Add ginger-garlic paste, green chilies, red chili powder, cinnamon-clove powder, turmeric & salt.
• Mix all well.
• Knead into a bit harder dough using warm water.
• Make small oval balls & steam boil them.
• When done, cut them into two.

• Wash rice thrice & soak them in water for about half an hour.
• Heat oil or ghee in a large vessel & put cardamoms & bay leaf.
• Then add sliced onions & sizzle them till golden brown.
• Add all chopped vegetables & ginger & cook it on low heat for about 5-7 min.
• Then add red chili powder, turmeric & cinnamon-clove powder.
• Mix well.
• Then add the soaked rice.
• Then put salt & boiled pakodas.
• Add water if needed.
• Cover the pan with a lid & let it cook.
• Serve hot with curd.