Pressure Cooker/Instapot Beetroot Pulav

Ingredients

1 cup.     -  Basmathi rice
1 tsp.      -  Cumin seeds
2 nos.     -  Cardamom
2 nos.     -  Cloves
1 no.       -  Bay leaf
1 small piece. - Cinnamon
2 tsp.      -  Oil
1 tsp.     -   Ghee
3 nos.    -   Garlic Cloves
1 inch.  -    Ginger
2 nos.   -     Green Chillies
1 no.    -      onion
2 nos.   -     Medium size Beetroot
3 tsp.   -      Green Peas
Salt to taste

1.  Grind green chillies, garlic and ginger to a paste.

2.   In a pressure cooker/instapot add the oil and when the oil is hot add cumin seeds, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf and cinnamon  saute for a while.  Then add chopped onion saute till it changes colour.  Add ground garlic, ginger, green chilli paste, salt and saute till the raw smell goes and oil leaves the sides of the vessel.  Add chopped beetroot and green peas.  Mix everything. Now add the washed basmathi rice and 1 1/2 to 2 cups of water as desired.

3.  Cover the lid and pressure cook for 4 whistles.  Incase of instapot it is manual mode 6 minutes.