Kashmiri Pulav

Basmathi Rice – 1 cup
Ginger garlic Paste – 1 spoon
Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
Cloves – 3
Cardomomi – 3
Cumin seeds – ¾ spoon
Aniseed – ¾ spoon
Pepper – ¼ spoon
Ghee – 2 spoons
Yellow food color – as preferred
Fruits cut into equal sizes( Apples, Pomegranate, Grapes, Pineapples) – 1 cup
Dry fruits (Pista, Cashew, Raisins, Badam) – ¼ cup
Salt – As required
1. Rinse and soak the Basmathi rice for 5-20 mins
2. In a kadai pour a spoon of Ghee and add cumin and aniseed first
3. Subsequently add cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, grounded pepper(can add green chilli if preferred)
4. Also add ginger garlic paste.
5. Just fry for 30 seconds and add the drained rice
6. Fry for 2 more minutes
7. Stop the flame, pour the rice and masala mix in the Rice cooker and add 1 and ½ cups of water along with required amount of salt, yellow food color, 1 spoon of ghee and cook.
8. Fry the Dry fruits with just little ghee and keep
9. Once rice is cooked garnish with the fruits and dry fruits.
10. I had made Onion Raitha and cauliflower pakodas.

Aapam & Thenga paal

Aapam
Pacharisi – 1 cup
Boiled rice – 1 cup
Urad dhall – ¼ cup
Methi seeds – ½ spoon
Salt - As required
1. Soak both the rices and methi together for 2 hours and ural dhall for just one hour.
2. I used mixie to grind the ingredients as the quantity was less. But grinding in the grinder can give better results.
3. First I prefer grinding the urad dhall till fluffy and then ground the rice as a thick batter.
4. Add the salt to the rice and ural dhall, mix, let it ferment for min 10 hours
5. When making the aapams dilute the batter with the 3rd coconut milk.
6. Heat the aapa kadai.
7. Pour the batter in the centre and rotate the kadai so that the batter spreads in the kadai.

8. Close the kid till aapam cooks.
9. Once it is cooked serve with coconut milk!
Coconut Milk:
Cococunt -1 scraped
Elachi -2

Sugar - 6 Spoons

1. Scrap the coconut and grind in the mixer with 1 cup of water
2. Strain the juice and again grind with another cup of water
3. Grind again with another cupt of water and strain the juice. This shall be used for diluting the aapam batter.
4. Take the 1st and 2nd cups of coconut milk, add the sugar(add or reduce based on your preference), also add the elachi.
5. Bring to just one boil
6. Serve with aapam.