Ingredients:

1/4 cup vegetable oil
4-5 carrots, peeled and cut into thin strips
3 onions, sliced
1 cup dried apricots
1 cup golden raisins (seedless)
1 cup prunes
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
5-6 cups water
2 cups rice

Preparation:

1. Heat vegetable oil, and fry onions and carrots in hot oil until softened (about 10-15 minutes)
2. Add water and boil it.
3. Put rice into water in a flat layer in the pan and boil until rice soaks up all the water. (Water should be about 1/2 inch above surface of rice in the beginning.)
4. Add dried fruits. Mix in with the rice.
5. Make a small mound of rice in the center of the pan, put on the lid and put on low heat for 15-20 minutes. Periodically, let out excess steam.
6. If rice absorbs all the water before being done, add more water for about 10-15 minutes.
7. Paloo is done when all the ingredients are soft.