Serving: 3 |Type: Veg-Rice
Ingredients:
Basmati Rice | -1 ½ cup |
Onion(Diced) | -1 |
Green Chili | -3(slit) |
Cloves | -3 |
Cinnamon | -1 inch |
Bay Leaves | -1 |
Ginger Garlic paste | -1tbsp |
Salt | -to taste |
Oil and Ghee | -3 or 4tbsp |
Milk | -1cup |
Grind ing for Powder:
Cloves | -5 to 6 |
Cinnamon | -2 inch |
Bay Leaves | -2 |
Kal pasi (Black stone flower) | -2 |
Method:
- Soak the rice for 10 to 15 minutes and drain the water and keep it aside.
- Grind the above ingredients into a powder and keep it aside.
- Take a heavy bottom vessel and heat with oil and ghee, add cloves, bay leaves and cinnamon fry without burning.
- Then add the onion and green chili sauté for 4 to 5 minutes on medium flame.
- Now add ginger garlic paste and pinch of salt sauté until onion gets light brown.
- Then add soaked rice (without the water) and sauté well until rice get toasted.
- Then add the ground powder and mix it well.
- Now add 1 cup of milk, 3 ½ to 4 cup of water and the remaining salt and mix it well.
- Cook it on high flame until it bubbles, then mix it once and check the salt.
- Then cover with lid make it simmer for 15 to 20 minutes then turn off the stove (do not open the lid or stir the rice inbetween this time).
- Let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes, then open the lid and stir it well.
- Serve with any raitha or kurma.
Note:
- You can increase or decrease the water to your liking.