Firstly, wash the rice twice througly. Drain the water and keep it aside. With the help of pestle and mortar, roughly crush the whole species like cloves,black pepper black and green cardamom.

In a blender, add roughly chopped onion, tomatoes, garlic, ginger,green chillies and make smooth paste out of it. You may use water if needed. Masala paste is ready.Keep it aside. Wash and chop all the veggies into small pieces.

Now heat a pressure cooker and add oil in it. Once the oil is hot enough, add bay leaves, shah jeera, fry for few seconds and then add the coarsely ground whole spice mix. Wait for few seconds and then add the masala paste. Add salt and fry it for 5-6 min on medium flame or till the oil seperates out and Masala get cooked well.

Next, add in the chopped veggies and mix well so that all the veggies get well incorporated with the masala. Now add in 3 cups of water and wait till it starts boil on high flame.

As the water starts boiling, quickly add washed rice, mix well and cover the cooker with lid. On high flame wait for 1 whistle, and then cook it for more 7-8 min on sim. After that swtich off the flame. Let the cooker release all it's pressure naturally.

Note: Adjust the quantity of water according to the rice quality. For extra flavour you can use ready made biryani Masala or pulao Masala. Kewra essence can be used to enhance the taste. Vegetable pulao goes well with curd, raita or chutney.