Ingredients
- 2 potatoes
- 1 1/2 cinnamon stick
- 1 bay leaf
- 525 ml water
- 120 gr basmati rice
- 100 gr peas (frozen)
- 50 gr ghee
- 20 gr coconut
- 7 gr ginger (fresh)
- 6 gr green chilies
- 5 ml lemon juice
- 4 gr sugar
- 3 gr parsley
- 3 gr cumin seeds (whole)
- 3 gr salt
- 2 gr turmeric
Wash the potatoes & cut them evenly into julienne strips. Combine the ginger root, chilies, coconut, parsley in a bowl. Add a little water or soy milk, mix well. Drop in potato strips. Set aside. Heat the ghee in a heavy pot, drop in the whole cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf. Fry till the cumin seeds turn brown. Add the marinated potatoes & stir fry till they are lightly browned. Add the rice, salt, turmeric, lemon juice, water & sugar. Stir & quickly bring to a full boil. Reduce heat to very low & cover with a tight fitting lid. Simmer gently for 20 to 25 minutes. 5 minutes before the end, add the peas. Remove lid, turn off heat & add 1 tb ghee. Let rice sit for 5 minutes. Fluff & garnish each portion with lemon wedges. Adapted from Yamuna Devi, "The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking"