Cardomom & Coconut Pulao Rice

This rice is tasty specially because of shredded coconut & this is very easy to prepare.

Ingredients (serves 2)

2 cups  basmati or long grained rice

Cooking Oil

1 large onion, sliced

1 sprig of curry leaves

1 cinnamon stick

2-3 green cardamom pods

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

Handful of cashew

Handful of Raisins

Salt to taste

2-3 tbspn shredded/grated coconut

Method

Wash rice & allow to drain water.

Heat about 3 tbspn oil in a pan.Fry sliced onion until golden brown & transfer to a paper towel to drain oil. Same way fry curry leaves.

After removing onion & curry leaves; add cinnamon stick, cardamom & cumin seeds. Fry them. Then add washed rice together with cashew & raisins.

Mix well & cook for about 1 minute or until rice is well coated with oil.

Now add required water & salt & bring rice to boil. In this stage, you can transfer rice to rice cooker.

Meanwhile, toast shredded coconut in a pan until golden brown.

Once the rice is done, mix fried onion, curry leaves & toasted coconut.

Serve hot.

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