Ghee Rice

Ingredients

• • Basmati rice - 1 cup
• • Cashew nuts - 1 ½ tablespoons
• • Green chillies - 7
• • Onions - 2
• • Potato - 1
• • Capsicum - 1
• • French beans - 8
• • Cauliflower - ½
• • Carrots - 2
• • Peas - ¼ cup
• • Coconut - ½
• • Ghee - 2 tablespoons
• • Oil - 1 tablespoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Bay leaf - 1
• • Cloves - 3
• • Cardamoms - 2
• • Coriander leaves (cut) - 1 ½ tablespoons

Method

• 1. Wash and soak rice for 10 minutes.
• 2. Heat half a Teaspoon of ghee and fry the rice which is taken directly from water.
• 3. Fry till moisture is absorbed (2 minutes).
• 4. Cut vegetables into 2 inch long pieces.
• 5. Slit green chillies into two.
• 6. Grate coconut, add water and grind to smooth paste.
• 7. Strain and squeeze to get extract.
• 8. Add some more water and extract once again.
• 9. Add water, so that total extract is two cups.
• 10. Heat oil in pressure cooker and fry garam masala spices, green chillies and then cut onions.
• 11. When it turns transparent add vegetables and fry in a high flame till the vegetables becomes tender.
• 12. Add coconut extract.
• 13. When its tarts boiling add salt and rice.
• 14. Mix well and reduce flame.
• 15. Pressure cook for 10 to 12 minutes.
• 16. Garnish with cut coriander leaves and fried cashew nuts and serve hot with kurma and raita.