Wash vegetables in running water. Chop the vegetables in small chunks. You may take any veggies of your choice. Being in lockdown, my choices were limited.
Take the Whole spices like Bayleaf, cinnamon, Clove. You may add whole black pepper as well.
You may use fresh rice as well. You need to soak them in water and put after veggies are cooked . Add 2.5 times water along with rice to cook them in steam.
Take Desi Ghee in hevay bottomed Kadai. Add Jeera and Heeng along with whole spices: bayleaf, cloves, cinnamon and red chilly
Once spices splutter and become aromatic, add Onions and cook till they are transparent. It takes around one min.
You may cook more as some people like onions more brown.
Add Carrots and peas along with little salt so that it cooks soon. You may also cover it with lid. If you are adding any other veggies, you may add that along with carrot.
Once carrots become tender (depending on which veggies you have used, it might take max 10 min), add spices and tomatoes with more salt.
Add lemon juice once tomatoes are cooked( you would know when tomatoes leave ghee)
Add already boiled rice and Mix well. If you add fresh raw rice, you may add here along with 2.5 times (of rice qty) water. Cover with lid. If soaked rice are used, it takes around 10-15 min for rice to cook.
The delicious and rempting vegetable rice is ready!! Serve it with your choice of chutney and curd. Enjoy!!