Mushroom Rice

Ingredients :

Basmati Rice 1 cup
Button mushrooms 1/2 pound
Onions 1/2 small
Garlic Paste 1/2 teaspoon
Ginger Paste 1/2 teaspoon
Green Chilis 2 large
Butter 1/2 cup
Salt 1/4 to taste
Cloves (Whole) 4
Cinnamon Sticks (flat) 1/4 inch
Bay leaves 1/2
Cashew Nuts 21/2
Caraway Seeds(Shajira) 1/4 teaspoon

Method :

1. Wash rice, drain water and keep aside. Roughly chop onion and keep aside.

2. Soak mushrooms in hot water with 1 teaspoon of salt for 15 minutes. Later, drain water, chop mushrooms, keep aside.

3. Melt butter in a non-stick pan. Add chopped onion when butter has melted and fry until brown. Then, remove the onions and keep aside. Allow the butter to drip down from the onions into the pan itself. To the remaining butter in the skillet, add cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves, cashew nuts and black cumin. Fry on low heat until nuts are light brown.

4. Now, add chopped mushrooms, ginger and garlic pastes, salt, browned onion and chopped green chili. Fry for three minutes on medium