Plain pulao

Ingredients:
2 cups Basmati rice
2 1/2 cups + 1/4 cup water
1 medium onion
3-4 green chillis
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
2 tsp ghee
2 tsp oil
whole garam masala (cinnamon, elaichi, cloves, bay leaves, mace, kala jeera, black pepper corns)
2 tbsps coconut shred +1 tbsp poppy seeds (ground into paste)
3 tsps salt
fresh mint
1 tsp garam masala powder (blended along with coriander and cumin)
Cilantro leaves for topping.

How i make it :

• Wash 2 cups of rice and set aside.
• Chop onions, chillis lengthwise. Mean while grind coconut and poppy seed with 1/4 of water to a smooth paste and keep aside.
• In a pressure cooker , heat 2 tsp ghee and oil and add all the masala spices and saute for a minute. To it add onions and green chillis and cook untill golden brown.
• Add ginger garlic paste and mint leaves to the onions and saute for another minute.
• Now stir in the coconut poppy seed paste to the onion mixture and cook for 2-3 minutes, add salt and garam masala powder at this point.
• Dump in the rice and 2 1/2 cups of water and cover it with cooker lid with whistle on the top.
• Let 2 whistles come out and stop the heat. 

Serve it with Raita and Enjoy with your favourite curry.