Ingredients

• 1 cup-basmati rice
• 1 cup-coconut milk
• 1-onion (sliced thin)
• 2-green chillies
• 1 handful-mint leaves
• 1 tbsp -ghee
• salt
• Spices (cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf, cardamom) - as required
• To be ground to a paste:
• 1 inch piece-ginger
• 3/4 flakes-garlic
• 3 -4 - small onion
• 1- green chilli
• For seasoning:
• coriander leaves - a handful
• 2 tbsp -raisins
• a few-cashew nuts
• 1/2 -onion (sliced thin)

How to Make Plain Ghee Rice

• Soak rice in water with 1 pinch of salt for half an hour.
• Heat 2 tbsp of oil. Fry spices for a minute or two.
• Add onion and green chillies. Saute till tender.
• Add the ground paste. Fry on low flame till the raw smell goes.
• Add the drained rice and stir gently till it gets coated.
• Add coconut milk and 3/4 cup of water. Stir well.
• Add mint leaves, salt and ghee.
• Stir the mixture well and pressure cook for 5 minutes.
• Allow it to remain in the cooker till all the steam goes (another 5 minutes).
• Fry onion in a tbsp of ghee or butter till browned.
• Drain on a paper towel.
• Fry raisins and cashew nuts in the remaining ghee.
• Add fried raisins, nuts and onion to the rice.
• Spread a little fried onion and coriander on the top.