DILKHUSH PULAO

Ingredients:
Basmati rice - 250 gms
Onions -4 (sliced)
Fresh orange juice - 1 cup
Pineapple  slices - 2
Apple -  1/2 (diced)
Seedless grapes - 2 tbsp
Dry fruits - 50 gms
(almonds, pista and cashewnuts)
Cloves -4
Cinnamon pieces - 2"
Cardamoms -4
Salt to taste
Ghee - 4 tbsp

Method:

• Clean the rice and soak for 15 minutes.
• Heat ghee in a thick bottom vessel and fry the onions.
• When the onions are brown, add red chilli powder, cloves, cinnamon and cardamom.
• Drain the rice thoroughly and add it to the onion mixture. Fry well.
• Mix orange juice in enough water so that it constitutes double the amount of rice, and pour over rice.
• Bring it to boil and then lower the heat.
• When the rice is semi cooked, add the diced apple, pineapple, grapes and nuts.
• Cook till done.
• Serve hot.