Aloo bath – Potato Rice

Ingredients:

Potatoes – 5 medium sized

Basmati Rice – 5 cups

Coriander leaves – 3 bunch

Mint leaves – 3 bunch

Curry leaves – 1 bunch

Green Chilies – 15

Kabuli Chana – 1 cup (soak overnight)

Ginger garlic paste – 1tbsp

Ghee – 4 tbsp

Salt – to taste

Cloves – 5

Cardamom – 3

Cinnamon Stick – 6 inch

Shahijeera – 1 tsp

Marathi Moggu/Kapok buds – 3

Preparation:

Wash & soak basmati rice for 30 minutes.  Sort & finely chop leaves.  Grind cloves, cardamom, cinnamon stick, shahi jeera and marathi moggu into fine or coarse powder.

Heat a handi and prepare tadka by adding ghee, jeera, mustard seeds.  Once it starts to splutter, add green chillies, curry and mint leaves.  Saute it for a minute and add Kabuli Chana and potatoes.  Now add the ground spices, ginger garlic paste and salt.  Now add 10 cups of water and let it boil on high flame.  Drain water from soaked rice and add it to boiling water.  Stir it once or twice and cook under medium flame until water gets evaporated.

Garnish with coriander and serve it hot with lemon & onion.

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