Simple Rice pulao

Some weeks never seem to end. Lately I am often stuck at work and come home only after 6:30 PM. This means I hardly have any energy left to cook an elaborate meal, even though cooking relaxes me. My sweet husband doesn't complain at all when all he gets is simple pulao with raita and pickle for dinner and next days lunch.
This is one such recipe which I make when I am either falling short of veggeis or time. Either way, this pulao needs hardly 20 mins for 2 cups of rice.

Ingredients:
Frozen veggies: 1 cup (mine had peas, corn, carrot and beans).
Basmati Rice: 2 cups
Ghee or dalda: 1 tbsp
Green Chili: 2 or 3, slit
Onion: 1 small, chopped
Salt: according to taste
For flavor
Starani/Flower: 1
Bay leaf (biryani patta): 1
Cloves: 2
Cinnamon: 1 inch piece
Fennel seeds (sounf): 1 tsp

Method:

• Wash the rice and keep aside
• Heat ghee in a pot and add everything under, 'for flavor'. 
• Fry for a few seconds and add the green chili and onions. 
• Once the onions are soft, add the mixed veggies and fry for couple of minutes. 
• Now add rice and salt. Fry for a minute and add 3 and half cups of water. 
• Cover the pot but make sure to stir it once in a while.
• Once the rice is cooked, serve with raita or any gravy.