Fragrant vegetable & cashew biryani - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 500g basmati rice
• 2 large onions, halved and thinly sliced
• 4 tbsp sunflower oil
• thumb-size piece fresh root ginger, shredded
• 65g sachet korma curry paste (we used Sharwood's)
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 6 green cardamom pods
• 3 star anise
• 250g diced potatoes
• 1 small cauliflower, cut into small florets
• 250g Greek yogurt
• 225g frozen peas
• 2 good pinches saffron
• ½ tsp rosewater
• butter, for greasing
• 100g roasted, salted cashews nuts
• 2 onions, halved and very thinly sliced
• 3 tbsp sunflower oil
• good handful coriander