Whole Mung Beans and Mixed Vegetable Pulao

From this month I joined in blog hop Wednesday of Radhika of Tickling Palates and I am paired up with Kaveri of Palakkad Chamayal.
In Kaveri's blog I found so many traditional Kerela recipes which are quiet interesting and new to me.But I am so much inspired with the whole mung beans and mixed veggies pulao.
As we prefer one pot meal a lot and my kiddo loves to have pulao kind of rice varieties with plain yogurt,I tried the pulao.It came out very flavorful and delicious,had it with onion raitha,mixed veggie kurma.
I exactly followed her same recipe except added few mint leaves while grinding.Now on to the recipe......

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Basmathi rice	1cup
Whole mung beans/paasipayaru	1/2cup
Onion	2nos.(medium size)
Tomato	2nos.(medium size)
Carrot(sliced)	1no.
Potato(sliced)	1no.(medium size)
Green peas(fresh or frozen)	1/2cup
Oil	1tbs
Ghee/nei	1tbs
Salt	a pinch

To grind 

Ingredient	Quantity
Ginger/inji	1 inch piece
Poondu/Garlic	4 cloves
Green chilly	5nos.
Coriander leaves/kothamalli	1/2cup
Mint/pudhina	10-15 leaves
Coconut(grated)	1tbs

For the Seasoning 

Ingredient	Quantity
Cloves/lavangam	3nos.
Cinnamon/Pattai	2 inch piece
Green cardamom/ellakai	2nos.
Bay leaf	1no.
Cashews/mundiri paruppu	10nos.(halved)

Method

• Soak the whole mung beans for 1 hour.Wash and soak the basmathi rice for atleast 15 minutes and grind the ingredients to grind into a fine paste and set it aside.
• Heat a pressure cooker or pan with the oil and ghee,do the seasoning with the given ingredients.Saute the onions till transparent with a pinch of salt,then add the ground paste and fry it till the raw smell goes off.Meanwhile boil 11/2cups of water in a sauce pan.
• Then add the tomatoes and cook it till mushy,add the green peas and carrot,give it a mix.Now add the boiled water to it and add the rice,salt.Now add the mung beans and potato,give it a boil.Close the lid and cook it in a medium flame for one whistle.
• Tasty and healthy,protein rich pulao is ready.

Enjoy..................

• Soaking the rice is very important to get a perfect pulao. 
• The amount of water varies depending upon the quality of the rice. 
• Veggies such as beans,cauliflower can also be added.

Linking to the HITS-legumes and lentils event happening at my space started by Spicy Treats of Sangeetha.