Nasi Briyani

3 cups rice, wash and drained

1 cup evaporated milk

3 cups water

3 heaped tablespoon briyani powder

1" ginger, julienne (*)

1 big onion, sliced (*)

1/4 pc of each green, yellow & red capsicum, diced (*)

1 small carrot, julienne (*)

1 small tomatoes, seeds removed, diced. (*)

1 cinnamon bark (*)

2 star anise (*)

3 cardamom (*)

1/4 cup oil

~ 2 tablespoon ghee

2 tablespoon plain yoghurt - optional

1 tablespoon condensed milk ( or 2 teaspoon sugar)- optional

Salt to taste

1/3 cup Cashew nuts

Raisin for garnishing

-Fry (*) until fragrant, put in briyani powder, stir and add in liquid (milk & water)

- Add in yoghurt, condensed milk and salt to taste.

- When mixture boils, add in rice. 

- Stir for a while until the liquid (sort of) dries up a little bit.

- Turn fire to smallest, cover pot with the lid and leave rice to cook.

=> if you use rice cooker, put drained rice in rice cooker. Fry ingredients/liquid in separate pot and pour boiled mixture into rice. Cover & let it cook as usual.