Soak the rice grains for about 10-15 minutes beforehand.
Wash the rice properly and put it onto boiling water.
Gently stir the rice often to check so that it should not be over cooked or mushy soft.
The rice should be 85-90% done. Strain the rice and spread it out to dry.
Meanwhile cut the veggies into whichever shape you like. You can grate them also.
Take a pan and pour some ghee in it. Add bay leaves, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, cashews and raisins. Fry those a little bit. Keep them aside
Now add the veggies in the same frying pan and fry them.
Finally add the rice grains.
Add some salt and sugar as per your taste. I prefer it to be a little sweet. You can omit sugar from this recipe if you want.
Mix all those very well. Make sure you do it very carefully so that the rice grains do not break.
At last add some more ghee and garam masala powder to enhance the taste. Switch off the flame.
Veg Fried Rice is ready to be served. Serve it hot with any side dish such as chilly chicken/paneer masala/chilly fish/mixed dal tadka. You can serve it with just raita and some papad as well.