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Grind the spices, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and pepper.

Grind chillies, garlic, ginger with a little water to a fine paste separately.

Keep both aside. Heat oil and add bay leaf,carrot and 1/2 the onion to the oil.

Fry for some time. Add ginger garlic paste. Stir and fry the paste. To this., add the ground spices.

Now, you can add washed and drained rice and fry for sometime. Add coconut milk, salt and one cup water to the rice after some time.

Stir and bring to boil. Cover and cook on very low heat for 1/2 hour or till rice is done.

In another pan, heat the some oil, fry the onion till golden brown, add the cashew nuts and raisins and fry. Spread this over the rice before serving.