INGREDIENTS:
Rice - 2 cups
Tomatoes - 4 nos medium sized or puree - 1 cup
Onions - 1 large
Garlic - 6-8 cloves
Pepper corns - 4-5 nos
Cloves - 2-3 nos
Salt - to taste
Oil - 2 tbsp
Water - 4 cups
Coriander leaves - 2 tbsp chopped
Curry leaves - 8-10 nos

METHOD

1. Pick, wash and soak the rice for 1 hour.
2. Heat oil in a pan, fry the chopped garlic and sliced onions. fry untill pinkish to light browned.
3. Add cloves, pepper corns and tomato puree/chopped. Fry well add the rice and salt bhunao well, add water and let it boil.
4. Simmer and cover and cook until done. Finally temper with some curry leaves and serve hot!

NB : One can also add in the tomato puree towards the end when the rice is almost done.
Also add masalas of your choive to variate!