Dry Fruit Rice

Ingredients
A must for any party of mine
basmati rice – 300 gm
1 medium onion, finely sliced
almonds – 15
raisins – 1/4 cup
sultanas – 1/3 cup
cashewnuts – 20
ghee – 1/2 cup
pepper corns – 5
cloves – 4
black cardamoms – 2
bay leaves – 2
pices cinnamon – 2
ginger – garlic paste – 2 tsp
water or stock – 450 ml
brown sugar – 2 tbsp
salt – 11/2 tsp
fresh pomegranate seeds for garnishing

Method:
Pick, wash and soak rice for half an hour. Fry the sliced onion till brown. Take out and drain on a piece of paper.
Fry the dry fruits in a little ghee. Remove. Heat the remaining ghee in a pressure cooker and season with the whole spices. When these turn a shade darker add the ginger – garlic paste and rice. Fry till the rice turns opaque.
Add the water or stock, heated, brown sugar, fried onion, fried dry fruits and salt. Close cooker and cook for one whistle. Let the cooker cook on its own.
Serve the rice on a rice plate garnished with fresh pomegranate seeds.

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