A simple yet the most flavourful one-pot meal with an array of spices, onion and tomato base without vegetables or meat or chicken or egg. The meal is wonderfully complete even with simple onion raita as Lunch or Dinner. It can be enjoyed in the family get together, Birthday party and other special family occasions.
STEP ONE;
Ingredients:
Basmati rice 2 cups
water as needed for rinsing and soaking
Procedure:
Rinse the basmati rice until clear water.
Soak the rice for 30 minutes.
Drain the water completely.
Set ready.
STEP TWO:
Ingredients:
Black Cardamoms 2 pcs
Green Cardamoms 2 pcs
Groundnut Oil/any cooking oil 1 tbsp
Fresh Ghee 1 tbsp
Bay leaves 5 pcs
Cinnamon 1 inch 4-5 pcs
Cloves 5 pcs
Mace and Stone flower 1/2 pc each
Star anise 1 pc
Chopped Bellary onion 1/2 cup
Slit Green Chillies 2 pcs
Curry leaves 20-25 pcs
Grated Ginger 1 tbsp
Grated Garlic 1 tbsp
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder 1/2 tsp
Tomatoes medium-sized 3 pcs chopped
Himalayan Pink Rock Salt 3/4 Tsp
Lemon juice (half lemon)
Water 2.5 cups
Procedure:
Heat groundnut oil and ghee on medium flame.
Add black cardamoms, green cardamoms.
Next, add cloves, cinnamons, mace, stone flower, star anise and bay leaves.
Let them fry for a while.
Add onion, green chillies and curry leaves.
Saute them until the onion fried transparent.
Add grated ginger and garlic.
Add turmeric and red chilly powder.
Transfer tomato and saute until mushy.
Transfer the drained rice.
Saute for 5 seconds on low heat.
Squeeze the lemon juice.
Add 1/2 tsp ghee again.
Saute to mix.
Pour 2.5 cups of water
Add rock salt and stir well.
Give stirs several times.
STEP THREE:
Ingredients:
Mint greens a fistful
Procedure:
Once the rice contents start boiling, close the cooker.
Place the weight.
Reduce the heat to simmer.
Let it cooked in simmer heat until one whistle.
Turn off the heat.
Set aside to cool down.
Open the cooker
Throw mint baby leaves.
Wait for 10 minutes to retain the good shape of the cooked grain.
Stir a couple of times and serve with onion raita.
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Yield: 4 persons adjustably. 3 persons generously.
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