Pudinarice

Ingredients
2 cups of Basmati rice, washed and soaked in 4 cups of water but while cooking i add only 3,1/2 or little more water
2 green chillies and one onion - finely chopped, lengthwise
¼ cup of roasted cashews
1 tsp cumin seeds,
mustard for seasoning
a pinch of hing(optional)
5 -7 pudina leaves for seasoning
2 tbsp oil
2 to 3 spoons of lemon juice
(optional)1tsp of ghee and
1 tsp of salt or to taste
ground paste:
2 green chillies
¼ cup of fresh coconut - chopped
1 bunch of mint- Washed and leaves separated
1/4 or little less corriander leaves
1 tsp of garlic-ginger paste4 each - cloves,
cardamom, small cinnamon pieces,
bay leaves & 1 star anise
¼ cup of roasted cashews
2 tsp of ghee and
1 tsp of salt or to taste
method:

Make a paste of mint leaves, coriander leaves ,coconut and green chillies ,half of the spices and a pinch of salt ,without adding any water.Heat oil on medium heat in cooker . When it is hot, add the rest spices (cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves and star anise), saute them first. then add the seasoning ingredients then add the ginger-garlic paste onions , and chilli saute until onions start to color. Now add the grounded paste and saute till the raw smell goes or till it leaves oil ,now add the rice to the above mixture and mix it very well for a minute ,do not saute for long after putting rice then add the require quantity of water Add salt; stir the whole thing, so that all the ingredients would mix together. now add the cashew nutsthe ghee and mix it together and pressure cook for 3 whistlesbefore serving mix little lemon juice
To make this more healthy i add peas and frenchbeans