Kashmiri Pulao

Ingredients:

Basmathi rice – 1 cup
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Sugar – 2 teaspoons
Saffron – ¾ teaspoon
Apple – 1 – chopped
Pomegranate – ½ cup seeds – washed (Wash the seeds because the juice will stain the rice and other ingredients)
Sliced Almonds – 2 tablespoons
Broken Cashews – 3 tablespoons
Raisins – 3 tablespoons
Carrots – ¾ cup chopped
Green Peas – ¾ cup chopped
Yellow corn – ½ cup
Cardamom – 4 to 5 pods
Ghee – 2 tablespoons
Sugar – 2 teaspoons

Method:

1. Cook rice with Saffron, Sugar and Salt and separate grains. Keep it aside in a large mixing bowl.
2. Boil water and add the vegetables. Cook until the vegetables are tender. Drain water and keep it aside.
3. Ghee fry the Dry fruits. Keep it aside.
4. To the rice, add the Cooked vegetables, Fresh Fruits, Ghee roasted Dry Fruits, Crushed Cardamom, Ghee, Sugar and Tutti Frutti. Mix gently until all the ingredients are distributed evenly.
Serve warm or at room temperature.