Heat a small pressure cooker with ghee and add bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves, elachi, cumin seeds and fennel seeds. Once cuminf seeds Starts spluttering , add onions along with ginger garlic paste. Saute them nicely until golden brown.
Once the onions becomes golden brown and the raw smell of ginger garlic paste leaves, add tomato paste. Fry the paste until the raw smell of tomatoes leaves. Then add the coriander mint paste with red chilli powder and garam masala. Mix them together and saute them until the raw smell leaves.
Now add the chopped mushroom pieces and mix them. Cook until the mushrooms starts leaving out water, then add curd.
Now add the washed Seeraga samba rice to the gravy along with salt and fry them for a minute. Add coconut milk and water and bring it to a boil.
Close the lid of pressure cooker and cook everything in a medium flame for two whistles. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and fluff the rice with a spoon slowly and top with ghee if required. The delicious one pot meal is ready!