This recipe is from a book called 'Great Vegetarian Dishes' by Kurma Dasa. Got this book from one of my friend and tried this Bengali Royal Rice recently. This recipe has gotta great flavours and it tasted wonderful and just perfect. Here is the recipe with slight variations in ingredients and method of cooking.

Cook basmati rice with 2 cups water. Spread it on a plate and let it cool. Soak saffron in warm milk for few minutes and add it to the rice and mix well until all flavours are absorbed. Cook peas separately. Deep fry panner cubes in oil until golden brown. Heat ghee in a pan, add cashews, almonds and raisins and fry until golden brown. Remove and Set aside. In the remaining ghee, add the onions and fry until golden brown. Now add Fennel seeds, cumin seeds, cinnamon stick, cloves, crushed cardamom, black pepper, Asafoetida powder and chilli powder. Add the cooked peas, Paneer cubes, coconut and salt. Combine the cooked rice with the fried ingredients in low flame and serve.