Vegetable Pulav

Ingredients

Biryani Rice : 3 cups(washed & drained)
Ghee : 4-5 tablespoons
Beans finely chopped : 1/4 cup
Carrot finely chopped : 3/4 cup
Green peas cooked  : 1/4 cup
Onion(big) thinly sliced : 1 no
Cardamom : 2 nos
Cinnamon : 7 (half inch each)
Cloves : 4 nos
Bayleaf : 1 no
Raisins : 1/4 cup
Cashewnuts : 1/4 cup
Salt : as needed
Boiling water : 6 cups

Method

Heat half of the ghee in a pan and saute cardamom,cinnamon,bayleaf and cloves for sometime.Add rice and saute for 2 minutes.Add water,salt and mix well.Cook till the water is evaporated and rice is cooked(don't overcook).

Heat the rest of the ghee in another pan and fry cashews,raisins and onions one by one and keep aside.

To the remaining  ghee  in the pan after frying onions add chopped carrot,beans,salt and cook.Add peas and saute for sometime.Add the cooked rice,fried onions,cashews,raisins and mix everything well gently.

Fried Fish Masala Rice

Ingredients

For Marination

Cleaned Fish  fillets cut into small pieces  : 1/2 kg
Kashmiri Chilli Powder : 1 tablespoon
Turmeric : 1/4 teaspoon
Limejuice : 1 teaspoon
Salt : as needed

Other Ingredients


Basmati Rice / Kaima Rice : 2 cups
Chopped Onions : 3 nos
Greenchilly/Thondan Mulaku(banana pepper)  : 2 nos (adjust according to your tolerance level)
Ginger : 1 1/2 tablespoon
Garlic : 1 1/2 tablespoon
Turmeric Powder : 1/4 teaspoon
Red Chilly Powder : 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon
Coriander Powder : 1 teaspoon
Garam Masala Powder : 1 teaspoon
Lime juice : 1 tablespoon
Pepper powder : 1/4 teaspoon
Coriander Leaves : 1/4 cup
Mint Leaves : 1/4 cup
Oil : 1/2 cup
Salt : as needed

Method

Mix chillipowder,turmeric powder,limejuice and salt by adding little water.Apply the paste to the fish fillets one by one and keep it in refrigerator for half an hour.Heat oil in a frying pan.Put the marinated fish and fry till it turns golden brown.Keep the fried fish on kitchen tissue paper to drain off the excess oil.Make them into small pieces.

Take 4 cups of water in a vessel.Add rice and salt to it.Cook the rice(Don't overcook it).

Heat oil (left after frying the fish).Add onion,garlic,ginger,greenchilly and saute well till the onions turn light brown.Add turmeric,chilly powder,coriander powder,pepper powder,garam masala powder,coriander leaves and mint leaves.Saute well.Add the fried fish pieces and mix  well and add  the cooked rice little by little to it .Finally add limejuice and mix lightly.Add the salt required..Garnish with coriander and mint leaves.