Coconut Milk Pulav

This is my favourite rice dish ever. It dates back to my school days and the proud owner of this recipe is one of my school buddies' mom, who used to pack a separate box for me, every time she made this rice.

I have tailored the recipe to suit fast track moms, who cannot spend more time in kitchen:-) The preparation time , rather, time in front of the cook top is just 5 mins.

Ingredients:

Canned coconut Milk (can buy it in Indian Store) - 1
1 small onion
Mint leaves -4-5
Green chillies - 5-6
Cloves-2, cardomom-2, Cinnamon stick -1/2 inch, bay leaves 1-2
1 tsp oil, salt to taste, cilantro for garnishing
Basmati Rice - 1 cup

Method:

Dice onions and slit the green chillies. Take a heavy saucepan, add oil, add all the spices, followed by chillies and onion. Add mint leaves and fry for a minute.

Now add the Basmati rice, fry for 1-2 minutes and turn off stove. Add salt to taste.

Transfer mixture to rice cooker. Now, add coconut milk (in the ratio of 1:2, for rice). The idea is to cook the rice in coconut milk. If too thick, can add water.

Mix thoroughly and cook in rice cooker.

Garnish with Cilantro, and add a few fried cashews(optional), and server hot with Onion Raita. Goes well as Ala carte, too, with any North Indian side dishes.