Fried Rice with Soya Sauce

Very Easy and tasty rice. You can make it at the last moment if you get to know that u got company. Here goes the recipe for a family of 4.

2 cups Basmati Rice.
3 cups hot boiling water
1tbsp butter
2 tbsp spices (cardamom,cloves,cinnamon sticks, bay leaves,etc.. )
Cashew nuts and raisins to garnish
1-2 tbsp soya sauce
salt to taste.

Wash and Drain the rice for about half an hour. In a big pot, add the ghee and saute the spices. Meanwhile in another pot keep the water on stove, so you have boiling water to add to the rice. Once you can smell the aroma of spices, add the rice and fry it for some time, (till it crackles). Add the boiling water to rice and add salt and soya sauce and cover the pot and let the rice cook. You can open in about 10 mts to give it a stir. This rice gets cooked fast, so its a good idea to be on watch. You may add a few drops of lime juice, it helps the rice from being apart and not sticking to each other. Once the water is all gone off the stove and remove the pot from the stove. Its a good idea to transfer the rice to another pot , or else the rice at the bottom may be burnt. In the meantime, take a tsp of butter and saute the cashews and raisins and add it to the top of the rice. And there you go, you have a tasty rice.
Enjoy...