Ghee Rice

Ingredients : -

• Basmati rice - 1cup (soaked into water for 1/2hour)
• Cashew nuts - 5-10 pieces 
• Raisins - 10 pieces 
• Onion - 1nobs cut into slices 
• Cloves - 4nobs
• Cinnamon - 1inch stick
• Cardamom - 5nobs
• Bay leaf - 1nobs
• Star anise - 1nobs
• Green chilli - 1nob cut into slices 
• Ghee - as per requirement 
• Salt as per taste 
• Water - 1 cup 
• Milk - 1/2cup

Method : -

• Take a pan add little ghee and let it hot . When oil is hot add the cashews and raisins and sauté it till golden brown then remove it and keep it aside.
• In the same pan add little more oil then add the whole spices. Cloves,bay leaf ,cinnamon,cardamom, star anise and sauté it for few minutes till the aroma comes.
• Then add the onion slices and green chilli and again sauté it few minutes till the onion comes transporent  then in this add the soaked rice and mix it slowly.
• Then add the water and milk then put salt as per requirement little fried cashews and raisins mix it once again slowly and cover the pot with lid and let it cook for 10 mints with simmer flame.
• In between you need to check the water and after 10 minutes then again make it for 5 minutes without low flame and after that switch off the flame and let it be like that for another 5mints.
• Know your Ghee Rice is ready to eat.
• Serve in a plate adding some fried cashews and Raicy on top with any kind of gravy on your choice and enjoy your meal.