- Pulav or Basamathi Rice 1 cup
- Beans one small bunch
- Carrot 1/4th of a Whole Carrot
- Peas few (can use the frozen peas)
- Capsicum 1/4th of a whole Capsicum
- Potato 1/4th of a Medium size Potato.
- Onion 1 small
- Pineapple few pieces. (according to taste)
- Green chilli one
- Ginger one small bit
- cloves 3 or 4
- cardmom 3 or 4
- Cinnamon stick one small piece
- Badi Elachi 1 (if available)
- Jeera 1/2 t spoon
- Black pepper 4 or 5
- Raisins hand ful
- Cashew nuts a few
- Ghee Few T spoons
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 t spoon of red chili powder
Clean the Rice in water and drain the water and keep the rice wet in the vessel for one or two hours. (can wash and use the Rice directly if no time)
Cut all the vegetables and pineapple into small pieces . Keep the Onion and Capsicum separately. Break the Cashew nuts into small pieces.
Take a Kadai or Frying pan and put some Ghee and put the Cut onions into it. Fry it for some time till it becomes light brown. Drain the rice and put it into the Kadai and Fry it with the onions for 2 to 3 minutes. Add little kesari colour and also 1/4 t spoon of salt.
Keep aside.
Put some more ghee in the kadai and put the broken cashews. Once light brown add the Raisins turn few times and keep it aside.
Put little more ghee in the kadai and put the cut pineapples and fry for 2 to 3 minutes and keep aside.
Put one table spoon of Ghee in the kadai and put the Jeera, add the black pepper, cardmom, badi elachi, cinnamon, and cloves and stir for some time. Now add cut Capsicum and turn it few times and add the other cut vegetables. Add salt to taste and also the chili powder. Fry it for some time and switch off the stove.
Now take the Electric Rice Cooker Vessel ( can do it in the Pressure cooker or in the Micro wave oven also) Add layer by layer, the Rice and Onions, the Fried Vegetables, the Fried Pineapple and also Fried nuts. Add 1 and 1/2 Glass of water. And cook till done.
Mix well and Serve Hot.
This Fried Rice can be done if one or two vegetables or not available also and cooking oil can also be used instead of Ghee.
The side dish for this is a Pineapple Raitha which is easy to make.
Pineapple Raitha.
Method
While Cutting the Pineapple cut some more and keep aside.
In the hot Kadai add some cooking oil (Don't use Ghee for this as the Raitha has to be kept in Fridge and Ghee will solidify later.) and put some jeera and once it flutters, add cut Pineapple pieces. Fry for some time. add salt and little sugar (if you like the taste) and keep aside.
Add Curd or Yogurt to this and mix well and Raitha is ready.
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