Rajasthani Kabooli

To Boil Rice:
2 Cup Basmati Rice(soaked for 1 hr)
2 pc Cinnamon
4-5 cloves
5-6 black Pepper
2-3 Bayleaf
1 tbsp Ghee
For Gravy:
1/2 cup onion paste
1/2 cup tomato puree
1/2 cup chopped carrot
1/2 cup peas
1/2 cup curd
1/2 cup Milk
1 tesp cumin seeds
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
8-10 mint leaves
1 tbsp chopped green coriander leaves
salt to taste
1 tesp red chilli pd
1/2 tesp turmeric pd
1 tesp Garam masala
To Fry:
1 sliced onions
1 chopped potatoes
Bread - 2 slices
oil to fry
7-8 cashewnuts
Other ingredients:
7-8 Raisins(soaked)
2 tesp lemon juice
6-7 saffron threads soaked in 2 tesp of milk
Method:
1.Heat oil in a pan.Add all the ingredients used to boil rice except rice.When all ingredients crackles add rice with 6 cups of water.Add lemon juice.Boil it to half cooked.Drain out water and spread them in a plate to cool. Divide them in 3 portions.

2.Boil cauliflower florets,peas and carrot in 2 glass of water till it become tender.

3.In a kadai,deep fry onion rings,potatoes,cashewnuts and bread.

4.Heat ghee in another pan. Add 1 tesp of jeera.Let it crackle.Then add onion paste,ginger garlic paste.Cook it till become brown.Now add salt ,red chilli pd,turmeric pd,garam masala,green chilli paste.Cook it for 2 mins.

5.Add 1/2 cup tomato puree,green coriander leaves,chopped mint leaves ,curd.Cook till gravy leaves ghee.

6.Add Fried potatoes,half cooked peas,cauliflower,carrot.Cook it for 5 mins.Gravy is ready.

7.Now grease a heavy bottom tranparent or a deep pan with ghee .Put 1st layer of rice. Now spread some gravy to make 2nd layer.Again rice to make 3rd layer.Then gravy to make 4th.Again the last layer of remaining rice.Now make 2 -3 holes till the bottom of pan using a spoon.Pour these holes with a small quantity of milk.Now spread the fried onion rings,bread and cashewnuts and soaked raisins.
8.Sprinkle the saffron milk over it .Keep this pan on sim flame for 2-3 mins.Istead of flame microwave can be used.Microwave it for 1 min before serving.Serve hot with Curd/Raita. s
Sending over Chaitra's Aathidhyam for Aathidhyam-RICE FEAST