Kids' Special Vegetable-Egg Rice

Ingredients

Basmati Rice / Sona Masoori Rice - 1 cup
Carrot - 1 medium
Beans - 4-5 nos:
Potato - 1 medium
Green Peas - 1/4 cup
Clove - 4-5 nos:
Black Pepper - 4-5 nos:
Cinnamon - 1 stick
Garama Masala - 1/2 tsp
Egg - 1 no:
Pepper Powder - a pinch
Salt - as required
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Water - 2 cups

Preparation Method

Wash and soak rice for 10mins:
Transfer the rice to a strainer and keep aside for 15mins:
Cut carrot, beans, potato into equal size pieces.
If you are using dry green peas half cook the same and keep aside.
In a pressure cooker bring ghee to heat and add clove, cinamon and pepper.
Once the spices start spluttering and rice and vegetables and mix well in low flame for 5mins:
Add garam masala and salt and mix well for another 2mins:
Add 2 cups of water and close the lid.
Cook till 2 whistles.
Once the pressure fully released, remove the lid.
In a bowl beat the egg by adding pinch of salt and pepper powder.
In a bottom thick pan heat 4-5 drops of ghee.
Pour the egg to the pan and scramble it in medium flame.
Once the egg got cooked add cooked rice and mix well.
Close the lid and cook egg and rice for another 5mins: in low flame.
The non-spicy, colorful Vegetable-Egg Rice is ready to be served with raita and pappad.

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