Okra Vegetables Palau

Serving: 6-7 people

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons dry methi
• 2 tablespoons ground fresh ginger
• 2 tablespoons ground garlic
• 2 dry hot red chili
• 50 grams biryani masala
• 3 tablespoons channa daal (soaked for 2 hours)
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
• 1 lb. okra
• 227 grams mushrooms
• 1 onion
• 2 cups of rice

Note: For this recipe, you can also use 3 cups of rice (all other ingredients are the same amount, but add a little more salt and oil when boiling the rice).

Garnish

• baby spinach
• tomatoes (cut into pieces)

tomatoes for garnish

spinach for garnish

spices and ground garlic

okra cut into small pieces

thinly cut onions and mushrooms

channa daal

spices and ground ginger

biryani masala

Directions:

Take 2 cups of rice, and soak them for 15 minutes. Take a pot, and pour in 3 and 1/2 cups of water, 1 and 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 3 tablespoons of oil, on medium-high heat. When the water starts boiling, drain the rice (that have been soaking for 15 minutes), and put the rice into the pot. After 10-15 minutes, when no water is visible, then put the lid on for 5 minutes on low heat. Then take off the lid, and put the pot aside.

In a non-stick deep pan or wok, put 4-5 tablespoons of cooking oil and add the fennel seeds, on medium-high heat.

After 1 minute, add garlic. After another minute, when garlic has lightly toasted, add daal (drain its water first).

Let it roast for 5 minutes, and add in cumin powder.

After 1 minute, add in the okra, and let it simmer for 5 minutes, lower the heat and cover the pan as well.

After 5 minutes, remove the lid, raise the heat, and add in ground ginger, whole dry hot red chili, and dry methi. Mix gently.

After 2 minutes, add mushrooms and onion. Mix gently.

After 1 minute, add biryani masala. Mix gently.

Add the boiled rice in it.

Gently mix it.

Add spinach and tomato and gently mix.

Your vegetable palau is ready to serve. This is the most delicious vegetable pilau, you and especially your kids will love it, they won't even leave a grain of rice on their plate!