PALAK PULAO

Ingredients :
Palak .. a handful
Coriander leaves .. 2 tablespoons
Green chilly .. 1
Badam .. 4 nos.
Kashmirilal .. 1/4 ..1/2 tspn
Garam masala..1/4 tspn
Jeera /cumin powder.. 1/4 tspn
Turmeric pdr.. 1/4 tspn
Ginger garlic paste .. 1 tspn
Pattai/cinnamon ..1  cloves..3  cardamom . 1 star..1 bayleaf..1
Onion..  1 funely chopped
Tomato..1 finely chopped
Rice ..1 cup
Water.. 1 3/4 cups
Roasted cashew fr garnishing

PREPARATION :
1.  Soak 1 cup basmati rice after washing for 15 mins
2. Grind handful of palak, green chilly 1 no. and badam 4 nos. Into a fine paste by adding little water.
3. Finely chop onions and tomatoes.
4. In a kadai roast few cashews in a spoon of ghee and keep it aside.
5. To the left out ghee add a tablespoonful of refined oil and splutter cinnamon cloves cardamom star and bay leaf .
Then add onions and saute till it becomes slightly brown. Then add finely chopped tomatoes and 1 tspn ginger garlic paste and stir for 2 mins . Then add the palak mix paste,1 tspn cumin pdr,1/2 tspn Kashmirilal, 1/4 tspn garam masala pdr,1/4 tspn turmeric pdr and stir till water s absorbed.
Then add the soaked rice after draining the water and stir for a minute.
In a pressure cooker pour 1 3/4 cups of water and add tge required salt for the pulao and add the contents in the kadai .Mix well and close with lid. When the steam comes open the cooker and stir once again and close andbputvtge weight valve and SIMMER THE STOVE FOR EXACTLY 5 MINS and switch off the stove. You can open after 12 mins and mix well softly without breaking the rice and garnish with roasted cashew.
Important:The method of cooking here is direct and no vessel is kept. This s faster. You wont get the whistle so stritctly watch the time and switch off in 5 mins.

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