Ingredients

Basmati rice : 2 cups
Onion : 4
Coconut milk : 3 cups
Ginger garlic paste : 2 tsp
Green chilli : 6
Bark of cloves : 2
Bayleaf : 1
Oil : 2 tbsp
Ghee : 2 tbsp
Cloves : 4
Cardamom : 2
Salt : 3 tbsp

Method

Wash the rice and soak in coconut milk for 1/2 an hour.
Cut onion and chilli in long thin slices.
Heat oil and ghee in the pressure cooker.
Add bayleaf, bark of cloves, cloves and cardamom.
Add onion, green chilli, a pinch of salt and fry till it loses the pungent smell.
Add rice, coconut milk, salt and pressure cook till it blows a whistle.
Keep it on a low flame for 2 minutes.
When the pressure reduces, open the lid, stir the contents and serve along with raita or kurma.

P.S. Bark of cloves and cloves can also be ground with ginger garlic paste.



This recipe is taken from the book "Saadam Vagaigal" by Revathi Shanmugam published by Kannadhasan Pathippagam