Ingredients:

• Basmati rice – 1 cup
• Bay leaf – 1
• Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
• Capsicum(chopped) – 1 (optional)
• Carrot – 1/4 cup (finely chopped)
• Peas(frozen) – 1/4 cup
• Salt – to taste
• Sugar – 1/2 tsp
• Fresh cream – 1 tbsp (optional)
• Saffron – 1tbsp
• Mixed dry nuts – 1¼  tbsp
• Raisin – 1/2 tsp
• Mixed fruits – 1/2 cup (apple, orange)
• Seedless grapes – 1 tbsp (green)
• Cherry – 1 tbsp (optional)
• Butter – 1 tbsp
• Rosewater – 1 tbsp
• Cardamom & Cloves powder – 1/4 tsp
• Onion – 1 medium (chop lengthwise)
• Oil -2 tbsp

Recipe:

1. Wash and soak rice in water for 10 minutes.
2. Cook Carrot and Rice together with salt in a cooker. Allow this to cool for sometime.
3. Heat Oil in a pan. Add Bayleaf, Cumin seeds, Capsicum and Peas, fry till the raw smell of capsicum goes.
4. Then add Salt, Sugar, Fresh cream, Saffron, Dry nuts, Raisin and cooked Rice & Carrot. Mix it well and remove from heat.
5. Add Fruits, Cherry, Butter, Rose water and mix well. Sprinkle Cardamom and Cloves powder and mix well.
6. Fry Onion separately till it turns into transparent and add to this.

Goes well with: Raita