Tomato rice

INGREDIENTS:

Rice - 1cup
Cinnamon - 1 small stick
Cloves - 2
Onion - 1
Tomato - 3
Green chilli - 1
Mint leaves and Coriander leaves - few
Salt - to taste
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Oil+ghee - 2sp each


TO GRIND:


Garlic - 6 
Ginger - 3/4th to garlic
Aniseed - 1/4sp
Cardamom - 2


METHOD:

• Soak rice in water with the ratio of rice and water to 1:1 3/4 for 30mins.
• In a cooker, add oil and ghee. Once heated add cinnamon, cloves, onion and green chilli.
• Fry till onion becomes translucent.
• Then add grinded paste and fry till the raw smell goes.
• Now add finely chopped tomato or we can stir the tomato in a blender and add that tomato puree to the cooker.
• Fry for a while.
• Then add salt, turmeric powder, mint and coriander leaves and mix well.
• Now add soaked rice to the cooker contents. 
• Mix well and close cooker to boil for 1 whistle.
• Then simmer the heat to low and leave it for 10 mins.
• Then off the stove.
• Serve hot with raitha.