Ingredients:
3 cups Basmati rice ~ wash & soaked for 40 mins & drain
4 cups vegetable stock/water
2 tbsp ghee
1 yellow onion ~ sliced
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tbsp green chili paste
1/2 cup (125g) plain yogurt
Salt to taste
Spices
1 cinnamon stick
2-anise star
3 cardamon
5 cloves
1 tsp black peppercorn
Dry Spices
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp Garam masala
1 tsp red chili powder
Saffron strands + 2 tbsp warm water/milk
Directions/Instructions:
- In a rice cooker, heat the ghee. Add in the spices and let it crackle for a few seconds.
- Then add in the onion and saute a little, season with salt. When the onion is about to be done, add ginger-garlic and green chili paste. Saute for a min or two.
- Then add in the dry spices. Stir in the yogurt to mix well with all the ingredients and cook for 2 mins.
- Add the soaked rice, pour in vegetable stock or water, and close the lid. Let the rice cook as normal.
- Meanwhile, in a mortar take the saffron strands and grind with the pestle. Pour in warm water/milk and mix well. Open the lid and sprinkle the saffron water and 1 tbsp ghee oil
- Let it sit for 5 mins, fluff up the rice using two forks and garnish with chopped coriander
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