Vermicelli pulao with aloo and Italain green beans

vermicelli pulao is just like rice pulao.You can use any veggies of your choice.here I have used only potato and bean of chikudukaya (Italian green beans)

Ingredients:

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• Vermicelli - 1 cup
• potato - 1 big
• Italian beans - 200 grams
• Salt - taste
• ghee - 2 tsp
• whole spices - 2 cloves,i inch cinnamon stick,2 elachi, 1 bay leaf
• onion - 1 big,finely chopped
• ginger-garlic paste - a pinch
• green chillies - 4

Method:

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• Roast the vermicelli with a tsp of ghee till it turns golden brown in colour.

• Pound the whole spices(clove,cinnamon and elachi) in a pestle and mortar.
• Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a kadai,add the whole spices,bay leaf and saute for 2 sec.
• Add slit green chillies ,chopped onions and ginger-garlic paste.
• Saute till the raw smell goes off .Add the bean and potato slices .Saute for a min.
• Add water just enough to immerse the contents and cook covered for 5 to 10 min till the bean gets cooked.
• Add salt and water.( for every cup of vermicelli,add 2 cups of water) and let it boil.

• Add the roasted vermicelli .Mix well and cook till the vermicelli is cooked.
• Take care not to add more water as the vermicelli will get mashed.
• Seve hot with onion-tomato raitha garnished with coriander leaves.