Broken wheat(lapsi) vegetable masala pulao

Ingredients

• 1 cup broken wheat or Lapsi
• 1 onion,roughly chopped
• 1 small carrot,diced into 1/4" cubes
• 5-6 french beans,threaded and cut into 1/4" pieces
• 1 small potato,diced into 1/4" cubes
• 2-3 cauliflower florets,cut into thin pieces
• 1/4 cup green peas
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
• juice of 1 small lemon
• salt to taste
• 1 teaspoon ghee
• 3 tsp oil
• 2 1/2 cups of water

To grind:

• 1/2 cup coriander leaves
• 1/4 cup mint leaves
• 4-5 green chillies
• 3/4" ginger
• 2-3 garlic pods
• 3-4 cloves
• 1/2 " cinnamon
• 1 green cardamom

For garnish:

• 2 tablepsoons chopped coriander
• 1 tablepsoon grated coconut(optional)

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Preparation

• Heat a teaspoon of oil in a kadai and fry broken wheat until light brown in color. Let it cool and keep aside.
• Grind cloves,cinnamon,cardamom to a coarse powder. Add ginger,garlic and green chillies to it and blend again.
• Add coriander and mint leaves and grind to a coarse paste. Heat 2 teaspoons oil and 1 teaspoon ghee in a thick bottomed pan or pressure cooker and crackle cumin seeds.
• Add chopped onions and fry until they are translucent. Add all the vegetables one by one and fry them for 3-4 minutes.
• Add ground masala paste and fry until dry and add the measured water and let it come to a boil and add enough salt and broken wheat and mix well and cook it covered for 4-5 minutes until the broken wheat is cooked.
• If you are using pressure cooker,pressure cook it for 1 whistle. Once you open the lid add lemon juice and coriander and mix well.
• Garnish with coriander and grated coconut. Serve it hot with vegetable or simple onion raita ,papad and salad.