Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup of basmati rice ( soaked for 10 minutes )
1 potato (peeled & cubed)
2 carrots (peeled & diced)
Fistful of peas/ green beans
1 large onion thinly sliced
Fistful of mint leaves (chopped )
1-2 green chilli (diced)
2-3 tbsp oil
6 cloves
1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste
4 green cardamom
1/2 tsp star anise
1 cinnamon stick
Salt to taste
1 bay leaf
1 tsp shahi jeera
1 tsp biryani masala powder
1 tsp lemon (optional)

    Method
Heat the oil in a medium pot, add the cloves, star anise, cinnamon stick, cardamom, bay leaf, shahi jeera and fry for 1-2 minutes. Add the  potatoes, carrots, onions, peas/ green beans, green chilli and fry for 5 minutes. Then add the mint leaves and fry for 2 minutes. Pour 1 1/2 cup of water, some salt, lemon, biryani masala and stock cubes. Bring to the boil. Add the rice and cook on medium flame till the water is absorbed.
  Remove from the fire, garnish with fried capsicum pepper and chopped mint leaves.
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