Small potato pulav

Ingredients :

• Basmathi rice - 1 cup
• Small potatoes - 1 / 2 cup
• Fresh thick curds - 1 / 4 cup
• Tomatoes - 1 / 4 cup [ chopped ]
• Water - 2 cup
• Fresh green peas - 1 handfull
• Garam masala powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Salt - as required
• Red chilli powder - 1 1 / 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1 / 2 tsp
• Fresh coriander leaves -1 / 4 bunch [ grind to a smooth paste ]
• Big onions - 2 to 3 [ cut into lengthwise ]
• Oil - 2 table spoon
• Ghee - 2 table spoon

Grind together :

• Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
• Red chillies - 2

Grated dry coconut
[ fry above spices in a little oil and grind together with few green chillies and a small piece of ginger ]

Method :
Wash and soak the rice for 15 minutes. Grind coriander leaves to smooth paste and mix with fresh curds. Pressure cook rice with water, peas, tomato pieces. Remove from the fire and cool thoroughly. Separate the grains.Mix a spoon of ghee to that. Pressure cook potatoes and peel the skin, prick with fork and fry in oil till light brown.Keep aside. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry onions till crisp. Add ground masala and fry till good smell comes. Gently mix potatoes and curds. Stir in medium flame with cooked rice and salt. Sprinkle garam masala powder. Keep in low flame for few minutes. Ur small potato pulav is ready . Serve hot with mix vegetable raitha.