Ingredients:

• 1 cup – Basmati Rice
• 1 cup – Onion (chopped)
• 1 cup – Pineapple pieces
• handful – Peas
• Salt
• 1 tbsp – Oil
• 2 tbsp – Ghee
• To fry in a drop of oil or Ghee and grind:
• 4 – Cloves
• 1 tsp – Jeera
• 1 tsp – Channa dal
• 1 tsp – Coriander seeds (dhaniya)
• 3 – Red Chillies
• To fry in 1/2 tsp of oil:
• 2 tsp – Chopped Almonds
• 1 tsp – Cashews
• 2 tbsp – Raisins
• 1 – Star anise
• 1 – Cinnamon

Method:

1. Soak basmati rice in water for 1/2 hour and cook till done and set it aside.
2. In a drop of oil, saute cloves, jeera, channa dal, coriander seeds and red chillies for few mins and grind them to a fine powder.
3. Separately, heat oil in a pan and saute almonds, cashews, raisins, star anise and cinnamon for few mins and set it aside.
4. In the remaining oil or ghee, saute chopped onions till golden brown.
5. Add frozen peas and salt and cook for another 2 minutes.
6. Mix everything together (onions-peas mixture, ground powder, fried nuts and raisins) with rice and some salt.
7. Finally add pineapple pieces and serve it hot.
8. Recipe Courtesy: Indian Vegetarian Kitchen