Mushrooms - 12 no:s, sliced
Basmati rice - 1 ½ cups
Onion - 1, sliced
Tomatoes - 2, chopped
Cinnamon - 3, one inch pieces
Big cardamom - 3
Cloves - 6
Small cardamom - 3
Ghee - ¼ cup
Saffron yellow colour - few drops
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
Green chillies - 3, chopped
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Salt, haldi
For garnishing:
2 onions sliced & deep fried
Wash rice & soak in water for 30 mts.
Melt half the ghee, add cinnamon, cloves, both cardamoms & saute or 2 mts.
Add drained rice & fry for2 mts.
Add 2 ½ cups of hot water & salt to taste.
Cover & cook till almost done.
Add saffron colour & roughly mix.
Heat remaining ghee, add sliced onion & fry till golden brown.
Add tomatoes & all the remaining ingredients.
Saute, stirring often till ghee separates.
Add mushrooms & fry till cooked, adding little water, if necessary.
In a casserole, take half of the prepared rice.
On that spread the mushroom gravy & over that the remaining rice.
Cover with aluminium foil & bake for 15 mts.
If you like, you can add ½ cup boiled green peas to the vegetable gravy.
Goes with any raitha.