Tri color pulav

Ingredients

• 1 cup Basmati rice
• 1.5 cup water
• 1 carrot(chopped)
• 1 capsicum(chopped)
• 1/2 cup green peas
• 4-5 cashews
• Salt as per taste
• 2 tsp ghee
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 star anise
• 2 black pepper
• 1 cinnamon
• 3 cloves
• 1 dry red chili
• 1 tsp chopped garlic

Steps

1. Wash and soak basmati rice for 5 minutes. Chop carrot and capsicum.
2. Heat ghee in a cooker. Add cumin seeds.
3. Add dry red chili, cloves,black pepper, cinnamon, bay leaf and star anise. Saute it well. Add cashew and garlic. Saute it for 1 minutes. Add chopped capsicum, carrot and peas.
4. Saute it for 2 minutes. Drain water from the rice. Add in the cooker. Mix well. Add salt as required.
5. Add 1.5 cup of water. Stir well. Cover the lid and make 3 whistles on medium heat.
6. Cool the cooker down. Next open the lid. Tri colour pulav is ready. Serve hot.
7. You can enjoy this pulav on this independence day with ' kadhi'.