Kaliyaa Birinjee

Ingredients

 * 450 g patna rice (excess starch washed off)
 * 4 onions (large, sliced thinly)
 * 3 garlic clove (sliced)
 * 2 pieces cinnamon (soaked in hot water)
 * 5 cardamoms (soaked in hot water)
 * 50 g ginger (grated)
 * 1 tsp fennel seed (soaked in hot water)
 * 100 g ghee
 * 2 litre coconut milk
 * 2 curry leaves
 * salt to season

Directions

 * 1) Crush the onions with ginger and half of the garlic.
 * 2) Put some water into it, cover and keep.
 * 3) Melt the ghee in a pot.
 * 4) Add in the water from soaked cinnamon, cardamom, and fennel seed into the pot and stir until all the water has evaporated.
 * 5) Add in the onions mix, garlic, cinnamon, cardamom into the ghee and fry until the onions are transparent.
 * 6) Add in the rice and fry until rice is slightly dried up.
 * 7) Add in the stock and seasoning.
 * 8) Stir once and bring to boil.
 * 9) When the water has boiled down to the top of the rice reduce the heat, cover the top of the pot.
 * 10) Stir.
 * 11) Simmer until all the water has evaporated.
 * 12) Remove from heat.
 * 13) Stir the rice after 10 minutes from removal from heat to separate the grains.