• Rice- 2 cups
• Green peas, boiled- ½cup
• Onion, chopped- 1 (optional)
• Garlic paste- 1tsp (optional)
• Green chillies, finely chopped- 3-4
• Paneer/tofu cubes- ½cup
• Bay leaves- 1-2
• Salt
• Cashew nuts- 2tsp
• Raisins- 2 tsp
• Cumin seeds- 1tsp
• Cinnamon- 1-2 sticks
• Cloves- 3
• Cardamom- 5-6
• Saffron- 1 pinch
• Ghee- 6tbsp
• Coriander leaves, chopped- 1tbsp

Wash the rice grains in running water. Boil it in a deep vessel. Strain and let the rice grains cool. Keep it aside.

Heat 1tsp ghee in a pan. Fry the cashew nuts for 1 minute on medium flame. Keep it aside.

Now fry the raisins in the same ghee for 1 minute and keep it aside.

Add rest of the ghee in the pan. Put cumin seeds and bay leaves.

Put cinnamon, cardamom, clove and green chillies and fry. If you want to add onions and garlic, you can add them now.
And fry for few minutes.

Now add panner/tofu, rice and green peas in the pan. Mix well so that the ghee is absorbed by the rice grains.

Sprinkle salt as per the taste. The rice should look shiny with ghee. If the ghee is less, add few more tbsp as required.

Meanwhile, soak saffron in a little bowl of warm water. Mix with a spoon till the red colour comes.

Add the saffron colour and mix the rice. Cook for few seconds. Put the pan off flame.

Garnish with plain or roasted cashew nuts, raisins and coriander leaves.

by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 1956 views