CILANTRO PULAV/KOTTIMEERA RICE

I have lots of cilantro bunches in m fridge..then i thought to try a rice dish....after trying this i became a great fan to this CILANTRO PULAV........now this is one of my favourite rice dish......there is no words to explain the taste of this pulav.....simply superb.....even my kid dev also liked this.......iam requesting you all please try it and surely you will like this...........here goes the recipe details.........

Ingredients

rice-1cup

TO GRIND

cilantro leaves-2cups(tightly fitted)

coconut powder-2tsps

cumin-1tsp

onion-1big

green chilli-4

GGP/ginger garlic paste-1tsp

cardamom-2

ghee or butter-3tsps

cloves-4

staranise-1

tomato-1small

garam masala-1tsp

salt-to taste

Preparation

take the ingredients which mentioned in the grind list and grind into a fine paste.........

now heat a thick bottomed vessel or pan and add in butter......

add cloves,staranise and chopped tomato and fry for 1minute.......

add in grinded paste and mix well.....you can observe the nice aroma of cilantro.....

add in salt,garam masala and 2cups of water........(adjust the water level depends on your rice

quality)

add in rice and cook by covering with a lid tightly .......when rice cooked completely low the flame

for 5minutes before going to off the flame.......

wait for 10minutes before serving.......

serve hot with raita or tomato rasam......