Ingredients:
- Bashmati rice-2 cup
- Onion- 1 large(chopped)
- Ginger paste-1 & 1/2 ts
- Cardamom-4-5 pieces
- Cinnamon stick-3 pieces
- Bay leaves-3 pieces
- Whole Green chili-3-4 pieces
- Ghee/Oil-3 Tbs
- Saffron/food color-1 pinch(dissolve in 2 Tbs water)
- Fried onion-1/4 cup(for garnish)
- Salt-3/4 ts or your choice
- Hot water-around 4 cups
- Wash and drain water from rice.
- Heat Ghee in a pan in medium heat. Add Cardamom,cinnamon stick and bay leaves, and stir for a while. Add chopped onion and stir until tender. Then add ginger paste and stir for around 1 minute.
- Now add rice and stir thoroughly around 1 minute(or until rice seems separated and gives a nice aroma). Then add hot water, salt and green chili. Bring it to a boil. Cover the pan with lid. Cook it in medium heat.
- When rice is almost done, turn the heat low and add food color. Cover the pan again. Cook it in low heat until rice become nicely cooked and tender.
- Before serving stir carefully and spread fried onion on it.
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