Special Tomato Rice

Ingredients:

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• Basmati rice - 200 grams
• Tomatoes - 3 big
• Carrot - 1 big
• Peas - 1 handful
• Onion - 1 big
• Green chillies - 2 to 3
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Cinnamon - a 1/2 inch stick
• Cloves - 2
• Shahi Jeera - 1/2 tsp
• bayleaf - 1
• Salt - to taste
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Dhania powder - 1 tsp
• Jeera powder - 1 tsp
• Garammasala pwd - 1/2 tsp
• Ghee - 2 tsp
• Coriander leaves - 3 tsp,chopped finely
• Elachi - 1

Method:

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• Wash and Soak Basmati rice for 1/2 hour.
• Chop onions lenghthwise,tomatoes into very small pieces,slit open the green chillies.
• Peel off the skin and grate the carrot.
• Heat ghee in a pressure cooker.Add cinnamon,cloves,bayleaf,elachi,shahi jeera ,onions and saute for 10 sec.
• Add ginger garlic paste and green chillies.Saute till the raw smell goes off and onion turns tender.
• Add peas,grated carrot,tomatoes and saute till raw smell goes off.
• Add turmeric powder,jeera and dhania powder,garam masala powder,half of salt,sugar and saute till raw smell goes off.
• Drain the excess water and add the soaked rice .Mix well.
• Add water(for every 1 cup of rice add 1 cup of water) and remaining salt.Mix well.
• Pressure cook.(1 whistle on a high flame and switch off in 4 min)
• Let it cool down little bit.Then mix with a flat spatula without mashing the rice.
• Garnish with coriander leaves .

Serve with curd/raitha.