Dried Fruits Rice
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Author: Revathy Pillai
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4 People
Ingredients
- Basmati Rice : 2 cups
- Ghee : 3 tbsp
- Water : 4 cups
- Onion : 1 small (cut lengthwise)
- Ginger garlic paste : 1 tsp
- Salt : to taste
Whole Spices
- Cinnamon : 1 inch piece
- Anise seed :1
- Bay leaves : 2
- Cloves : 4
- Cardamom : 2
Dried fruits
- Cashew : 10 nos
- Almond/Pistachios: 10 nos
- Raising : ¼ cup
- Dates : 6 (cut into small pieces)
Instructions
- ) Soak 2 cups of rice in 4 cups of water for 20 minutes.
- ) Heat ghee in a pan, add the ingredients under whole spices and onion.
- Sauté until the onions are soft. Add the ginger garlic paste and cook for 1 minute until the raw smell leaves.
- ) Add the dried fruits one by one. First cashew, pistachios and almonds fry for some time, then raisins and then dates
- ) Add the drained rice , drained water and salt to taste. Cook until rice is done.
