MUSHROOM PULAO

Ingredients:

Fresh mushrooms- 250gms
Basmati rice- 3 cups
Sliced onions- 2 cups
Slit green chillies-8
Ginger and garlic paste- 2 tsp
Mint leaves- a handful
Coriander leaves [chopped]- a handful
Milk- 1 cup
Thick coconut milk- 1 cup
Curd- 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil- 3 tbsp
Ghee- 4 tbsp

Powder the following ingredients:

2 cardamoms, 2 cloves, fennel seeds- 1 tsp, cinnamon- 1 “piece

PROCEDURE:

Heat a vessel and pour the ghee and the oil. Add the onions and fry till it turns golden brown. Now add the pastes and fry them a little. Wash and Cut the fresh mushroom into two pieces and add them to the onion. Fry them for a few minutes. Add the green chillies, greens, and the curd with a little salt and fry until every ingredient is combined well and a nice aroma floats on the air. Add the powder and fry for a few seconds. Add the milk, coconut milk and 4 cups of water with the soaked rice. When the rice is 3/4th cooked add the salt and mix it well. When the water is almost evaporated, place the rice in the ‘Dhum’ in a pre-heated oven at 160 degC for 20 minutes.