Ingredients

• Basmati Rice - 1 cup
• Coconut milk - 1.5 cups
• Basil leaf (brinji or biryani leaf) - 2
• Cinnamon - 2 inches
• cloves - 4
• Anise - 2 petal
• Garlic - 1 full
• Coriander seeds - 1 Tbsp (heaped)
• Aniseed (sombu) - 1 tsp (heaped)
• Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
• Ghee - 2+3 tbsp

How to Make Brinji Bath

• Grind coriander seeds and aniseed together and dissolve in half cup of water.
• Mix turmeric with this and keep aside.
• Fry rice in 2 tbsp ghee and keep aside.
• In 3 tbsp ghee, fry cinnamon cloves, brinji leaves (don't break it), anise and the rice.
• Add the peeled garlic and coconut milk.
• Now drain the masala water along with the turmeric to equal 2 cups of water.
• Add salt and transfer to electric rice cooker or pressure cook for 7 mins.
• If there is too much of coconut milk it could be reduced and compensated with masala water.