Ingredients

• Cilantro-1 bunch
• Coconut-1/4 coconut grated or half cup of coconut milk
• Ginger-1 inch
• Garlic-4 or 5 flakes
• Onion-1 medium size cut into slices, lengthwise
• Cardamom -20
• Cinnamon -1 inchstick
• Cloves
• Bay leaves-1
• Ghee-1 tbsp
• Oil for frying
• Basmati Rice-2 big cups
• Garam Masala-1/4 tsp
• Salt-to taste

How to Make Cliantro Rice

• Wash and chop cilantro. Along with the grated coconut, grind cilantro into a smooth paste adding water.
• Take the pulp and strain the juice out of it. Keep doing this till you have taken all the juice from the paste. You should extract about 4 cups of juice.
• Grind ginger and garlic into a paste.
• Soak basmati rice in water for about 20 mins.
• In a saucepan add oil and add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, bay leaves, onion and ginger-garlic paste and fry till the raw smell is gone.
• Add basmati rice and fry a few seconds.
• In a pressure pan/cooker, pour in all the fried ingredients along with the cilantro/coconut juice.
• Add ghee, salt and garam masala.
• Cover and cook for 3 whistles (or like you would cook your rice regularly).
• Simmer for 5 minutes. Serve hot with raitha.