MANGO FLAVOURED VEGETABLE PULAO

U need:
Basmati rice: 2 cups
cauliflower florets : 1 cups soaked in salt water
potato : 2 medium sized peeled and cut to fours
Mango pulp: 1/2 cup ( Semi ripe mango pulp tastes best)
mango pieces: 1/2 cup
Onion: 1 medium sliced fine
Ginger julienne: 2 tsp
Green chillies : 4 slit
turmeric : 1/2 tsp
cloves:2
cinnamon: 2 sticks
cardamom: 2
bay leaf:1
dhaniya jeera powder: 2 tsp
garam masala : 1/2 tsp
oil: 2 tablsp + 2 tablsp to fry the vegetables
ghee: 1 tsp
salt to taste
asefodita: 1/2 tsp
roasted cashews: 2 tsp
kishmish : 2 tsp

Method:
1.Wash cauliflower florets well.Pat dry with an towel.Wash the potatoes well.Pat dry.
2. Heat 2 tablsp oil in a pan and lightly fry the cauliflower and potatoes.Set aside on a plate.
3. Heat 2 tabslp in a cooking pot.Add the bay leaf,cloves,cardamom,cinnamon sticks and saute well.Add asefodita. Now add the sliced onion and continue frying.Add ginger julienne and green chillies. Stir well on medium heat.
4. Add the fried cauliflower and potato and continue stirring for 5 to 7 mins. Add salt,dhaniya- jeera powder and turmeric. Stir. Add the ghee and garam masala.
5. Drain water from the rice and add to the cooking vegetables. Stir well for another 6 mins. Add the mango pulp and mix well. Add 1&1/4 cups water and cover the pulao with a lid. Cook till the rice is cooked and water is just absorbed. Switch off the gas.Let the pulao cook in its own steam.
6. Remove the lid. Add in the mango slices and toss the pulao gently.Keep the pulao covered till serving time.
7. Garnish the pulao with roasted cashews and kishmish and serve with a raita of your choice.

Note: This is sweet-tangy pulao is one everyone loves in my family. The semi ripe mango gives this pulao a nice khatee-meeti  bite to out palette. You can serve  with onion raita or pomegranate raita.
Bonn!!!Appetite!!!!!!