Onion Tomato Sauce Pulao

Ingredients

• • Basmati rice - 1 cup
• • Peas (fresh) - ½ cup
• • White onions - 4
• • Aniseeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Cloves - 3
• • Cinnamon - 1 inch piece
• • Tomato sauce - 1 ½ tablespoons
• • Cheese (grated) - 1 tablespoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Green chillies - 2
• • Red chilly powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Cashew nuts - 1 tablespoon
• • Ghee/Oil - 3 tablespoons

Method

• 1. Wash and soak rice for 10 minutes.
• 2. Cut two onions lengthwise.
• 3. Dice other two onions into l inch cubes and blanch in hot water to which little salt is added.
• 4. After 10 minutes squeeze onions from water and keep separately.
• 5. Mince green chillies.
• 6. Cook peas separately.
• 7. Heat oil in a heavy vessel or pressure pan and fry masala spices with onions. (Which is cut lengthwise)
• 8. Mix chilly paste and rice.
• 9. Fry for two minutes.
• 10. Pour two cups of boiling water with enough salt.
• 11. Cover and pressure cook in low flame.
• 12. After removing lid add chilly powder, tomato sauce, blanched onions and cooked peas.
• 13. Mix gently and keep on low fire for another two minutes.
• 14. Serve hot garnished with crisp (fried) onion rings, grated cheese, and fried cashew nuts.