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Dried Fruits Rice
 
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Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4 People
Ingredients
  • Basmati Rice : 2 cups
  • Ghee : 3 tbsp
  • Water : 4 cups
  • Onion : 1 small (cut lengthwise)
  • Ginger garlic paste : 1 tsp
  • Salt : to taste
Whole Spices
  • Cinnamon : 1 inch piece
  • Anise seed :1
  • Bay leaves : 2
  • Cloves : 4
  • Cardamom : 2
Dried fruits
  • Cashew : 10 nos
  • Almond/Pistachios: 10 nos
  • Raising : ¼ cup
  • Dates : 6 (cut into small pieces)
Instructions
  1. ) Soak 2 cups of rice in 4 cups of water for 20 minutes.
  2. ) Heat ghee in a pan, add the ingredients under whole spices and onion.
  3. Sauté until the onions are soft. Add the ginger garlic paste and cook for 1 minute until the raw smell leaves.
  4. ) Add the dried fruits one by one. First cashew, pistachios and almonds fry for some time, then raisins and then dates
  5. ) Add the drained rice , drained water and salt to taste. Cook until rice is done.

 

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