Coconut Rice

Ingredients:
3 cups Basmati or any fine rice
1 large fresh Coconut (grated) (or 1 can of coconut milk)
3 tbsp. ghee (or oil)
1 large onion (Finely sliced)
2 green chilies (or to taste)
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
½ cups finely cut coriander (cilantro) leaves
2.5 tsp salt (or to taste)
½ cup cashews
Serves 6
Method:
Grate the coconut, soak in three cups boiling water and when look warm, pass through a blender and strain the juice. (Or use 1 can of coconut milk)
Soak the rice for half an hour.
Heat ghee and fry cashews and keep aside. In this ghee fry the onion few minutes till transparent. Add ginger garlic paste and fry till golden brown. To this mixture add chilies and rice fry for 5 minutes. Add coriander leaves, coconut milk, water and salt. Cook in the rice cooker or till done. Garnish with cashews.

This rice can be made with vegetables like potatoes and green peas and/or carrots.