Ingredients:

• 4 cups – Rice
• 1/2 cup – Tomatoes
• 1/4 cup – oil and Ghee
• 2 – medium-sized Onions
• Whole garam masala: 1 tsp – Caraway seeds
• 5 – Cloves
• 3 – Cardamoms
• 1 inch – Cinnamon
• 7 – Green chillies
• 1 cup – mint, coriander, Curry leaves (together )
• 1 tbsp – Ginger Garlic paste
• 1 – Lemon
• Turmeric – 1/2 tsp
• Salt

Method:

1. First pressure cook the tomatoes in 500 ml water for up to 2 whistles.
2. Strain the pulp, add water to get about 8 cups of juice.
3. In a separate cooking pot, heat oil and ghee. Add garam masala and chopped onions to it.
4. Saute and add green chillies to it. Cook until the onions are light brown in colour.
5. Add the mint, coriander, curry leaves to it and fry them for 2 mins.
6. Add ginger garlic paste and turmeric to it. Fry them well.
7. Add the tomato juice to it.
8. When the water starts to boil, add the washed rice and salt.
9. When it is almost done, add lemon juice to it.
10. Finally, cover the pot and leave it to simmer until the rice is done.

Recipe courtesy of Shree