For Rice :

• 21/2 cups Basmati Rice
• 61/2 cups Water
• 1 tbsp. oil
• 2 Green cardamoms
• 1/4 tsp. Caraway seeds
• 1/4 cup Milk
• 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp. Ghee

For Marinade :

• 20 gms. Ginger
• 16 flakes Garlic
• 4 Green Chillies
• 1 medium Tomato, chopped
• 2 tbsp. Mint leaves, chopped
• 2 tbsp. Coriander leaves, chopped
• 6 Almonds, blanched and halved
• 6 Dry plums
• 1 tbsp. Salt or to taste
• 1 tsp. Red chilli powder or to taste
• 1 tbsp. Cumin powder
• 11/2 tsp. Gram Masala Powder
• 1 cup Plain Yogurt
• 1/4 tsp. Saffron, dissolved in 1 tbsp. hot water

Preparation :

For Marinade :

• Grind together ginger, garlic and green chillies into a fine paste.
• Rub the paste into meat. Add all other ingredients for marinade. Mix well and keep aside for 4 hours or overnight in a refrigerator.
• In a large fry pan, heat oil. Lightly fry potatoes. Remove and add to the marinated meat. Mix well.
• Divide onions into 2 batches. In the remaining oil in the pan, fry each batch with 3/4 tsp. of salt till onions are golden brown in colour and crisp. Remove onions on a paper to drain off excess oil. Crumble the fried onions and mix with marinated meat.

For Rice :

• Pour 6 cups of water into a cooker. Bring to boil on high heat. Add salt and rice. Stir once.
• Close cooker. Bring to full pressure on high heat. Remove cooker immediately from the heat. Reduce pressure by placing cooker in a sink / basin of cold water for 2 minutes.
• Open cooker. Transfer rice to a colander and drain. Wash and wipe dry cooker.
• Heat 7 tbsp of  ghee in cooker for about 2 minutes. Add meat along with marinade. Mix well. Add remaining 1/2 cup water.
• Remove cooker from heat and tilt cooker and shift meat to one side of ciiker. Add rice to other side. Sprinkle milk on rice.
• In a pan, heat remaining ghee for about 1 minute. Remove pan from heat. Add cardamoms and caraway seeds to hot ghee and pour evenly over rice.
• Close cooker. Bring to full pressure over high heat. Reduce heat and cook for 20 minutes.
• Remove cooker from heat. Allow to cool naturally.
• Open cooker. Transfer rice onto a serving dish. Top with meat and masala. Serve hot with onion slices or raita of your choice.