How to cook Indian pulav (vegetable rice)

Watch this how to video as Manjula shows you how to prepare a popular Indian dish, pulav. Its is more commonly known as vegetable rice and it can be served as main or side dish.

For this recipe you will need:
1 cup basmati rice
2 cups water
3 tablespoons of oil
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
2 bay leaves
1/2 cinnamon stick
2 cloves
1 black cardamom
1 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons of oil
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 medium size dices potato
1 chopped carrot
1 cup cauliflower in small pieces
1 cup frozen green peas
1 cup of red bell pepper chopped
2 Serrano peppers
1 teaspoon chopped ginger
1 teaspoon salt