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This is a simple flavored rice with no onions / garlic and a perfect dish for any puja thalli or upvass food.  Ingredients : — Basmati rice - 2 cups — Soaked White Peas / batani - 1 cup — Chopped carrot - 1 cup — Soaked Meal maker / soya chunks - 1 cup — Jeera - 1 tsp — Slit green chillies - 7-8 — Ginger - 2 inches — Curd - 1/4 cup — Salt - as required — Bay Leaf - 2-3 — Grated Nutmeg powder - 1/2 tsp — Cloves - 4-5 — Star Anise - 1-2 — Cinnamon - 1 inch — Kapok buds - 1-2 — Cashews - 10-15 — Ghee - 2 tbsps — Oil - 1 tbsp  — Kasuri Methi - 1 tbsp — Water - 3 1/2 cups — Chopped Coriander  — Chopped Pudina — Masala Powder - 1 tsp Raita  : — Curd - 2 cups — Salt - as required — Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp — Jeera Dhaniya powder - 1/2 tsp — Chat Masala - 1/2 tsp — Water - 3-4 tbsps Recipe  : 1.Soak the batani overnight. Just as you start cooking soak the soya chunks in hot water and squeeze out the water. 2. In a blender, add 1 inch ginger, jeera and 4-5 gr...