Sunday lunch recipe - Parsi brown rice with a veggie twist

This has to be, hands down, my favourite rice recipe when I want to keep it simple and delicate.

What you would need :
Rice - 1 cup
Water -2 1/2 cups ( 2 times the rice quantity and extra for the veggies)
White sugar - 1/4 tsp
Onions - sliced 1/3 cup
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon stick - 1/4 inch stick
Chopped Veggies - As much and whatever you like - I used 1 cup of chopped capsicum, cabbage, beans , cauliflower florets and sprouts :). Just remember that you are adding only 1/2 cup water for the veggies to steam. So if you add more//less veggies vary the quantity of water accordingly.
Oil - 2 tsp

Prep:
Wash the rice and then soak in cups of water for half hour.
Heat some oil in the rice cooker , add the cardamom stick till lightly aromatic.
Add sugar and stir till it melts. Now add the onion slices and ensure that they are well coated with the caramel. Add the garam masala and stir for a few seconds till the onions brown.

Add the rice along with the water and cook over high flame till the rice is half boiled ( do not completely close the cooker.)
Give the rice a quick stir and add the veggies.

Cover the lid completely and let the rice cook till well done ( 2 whistles in a pressure cooker and around 15 minutes of rice steam setting in a micro wave.)

Serve Hot and enjoy. Do try this out and tell me how you like it.

Adding the vegetables was my variation, tell me if you have any other ideas that can add a twist to the traditional Parsi brown rice recipe.