Polao

Rice with vegetables in it is made in different ways in different places. Vegetables, cottage cheese and mushrooms can be used to make various types of pilau and fried rice. In this reciepe cashew nuts, raisins and mewa have been used.

Ingredients :

Basmati Rice                                      2cups
Ghee/Vegetable oil                              4 tbsp
Kesar color                                         a pinch
Green Cardamom,crushed                   2
Cinnamon,crushed                               2
Clove,crushed                                     4
Sugar(optional)                                    1 tbsp
Salt                                                     According to taste
Bay leaves                                          2
Cashewnuts,chopped                          1 tbsp
Raisins                                                1 tbsp
Javetri powdered                                 1/4th tsp
Jaiphal(nutmeg)powdered                    1/4th tsp
Ginger paste                                        2 tsp
Cumin paste                                         2tsp
Red chilly powder                                1 tsp
Peas,boiled                                          1/2 cup
Mewa                                                  2 tbsp

Method :

Wash rice well and soak for sometime.Remove and drain. Add a pinch or two of saffron color and keep aside. Boil water in a pan.
In a second pan heat 4 tbsp ghee/oil. Lightly saute the cashew nuts and raisins and remove. Keep aside. Add, in the same pan, bay leaves and all the crushed garam masala's. When u get a wiff of good smell,  add the rice, ginger paste, cumin paste, red chilly powder, peas and saute. Then add 4 cups boiling hot water. Adjust salt and sugar.Mewa is sweet, so adding sugar is optional. Cover and cook on low flame till rice is soft. When rice is soft remove cover and add the lightly fried cashews , raisins,  mewa, javetri and jaiphal powders.Cover and keep.
After giving a standing time of five minutes,remove cover and serve hot.