Prawn pulav using pressure cooker

Ingredients 

1. Prawn - 250 gm
2. Green chillies - 3
3. Ginger - garlic paste - 1 tbsp
4. Onion - 2 medium
5. Tomato - 1
6. Star anise - 1
7. Cinnamon stick - 2 pieces
8. Cardamom - 3
9. Cloves - 4
10. Pepper corm - 7
11. Ghee - 3 tbsp
12. Prawn cubes - 2
13. Coriander leaves - 0.25 cup
14. Basmathi rice - 1.5 cup
15. Water - 3 cups
16. Lime juice - 1tbsp
17. Salt

Procedure

1. Clean and devein prawns.
2. Marinate this with 0.5 tbsp of lime juice and salt.
3. Soak basmathi rice in water for 20 minutes.
4. Cut onion into thin slices.
5. Cut tomato and green chillies into small pieces.
6. In a pan, heat ghee.
7. Add cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, pepper corn and star anise.
8. Fry for few minutes.
9. Add onion to this and fry till it becomes brown.
10. Add ginger-garlic to this and fry for few minutes till the raw small leaves.
11. Add tomato and coriander leaves to this.
12. Fry for few minutes till tomato becomes mushy.
13. Add prawn cubes to this.
14. Boil water and add to the pan with masala and mix well.
15. Pour this masala water into a pressure cooker.
16. Add rice to this along with salt.
17. Cook the rice till 3 whistles.
18. When the steam of the pressure cooker is completely released, add the remaining lime juice.
19. Fluff the rice with a fork.
20. Yummy prawn pulav is ready to be served with raita.

Note: Garnish the pulav with onion (half onion cut into thin slices) fried in ghee.