Place the Cumin seeds, cloves, pepper, cinnamon stick into the cup of the mortar and pestle. Crush it all together and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pressure cooker.Add onion saute till the onion turn translucent.add ginger garlic paste satue till in the raw smell disappears for 1 to 2 mins.
Add tomatoes, turmeric powder, chilli powder,crushed spice mix and salt.saute till the tomatoes turn mushy.
Add drained rice, coriander leaves and give a good mix.
Add water (use the same amount as you would use to cook)
To pressure cook for normal rice then allow 2whistles.
When the pressure releases open the lid and fluff up the rice and get a nice colour.
Serve with curd or raita.
