Potato Rice

Ingredients (25)

• for soaking rice:
• 1 cup heaped basmati rice
• 1.5 cups water for soaking rice
• other ingredients:
• 2 medium to large potatoes
• 2 tablespoon oil
• 1 tej patta
• 2 green cardamoms
• 3 cloves
• ½ inch cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 medium onion
• 1 sprig curry leaves
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1.5 to 1.75 cups water
• salt as required
• 1 to 2 tablespoon chopped coriander
• to be ground to a paste:
• 1 medium tomato
• 3 to 4 garlic cloves
• ½ inch ginger
• 1 to 2 green chilies
• ¼ cup chopped coriander leaves
• ¼ teaspoon fennel seeds
• ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds