Heat up the oil in the pressure cooker, Insta pot insert or a sauce pan

Add the cashews and fry till golden, remove and reserve for later( I forgot to do this so fried them later with onions and removed them and reserved for later)

Add the spices - fennel, cardamom, cinnamon, star anise, cloves and bay leaf, let them bloom

Add the onion and let it brown slightly

Add the garlic pods and the split green chillies and saute

Add the rice and gently mix to coat the rice with the ghee

Add 3 cups of the water and salt and give it a gentle mix

Add the coconut milk gently in the center and don't mix. Mixing it may burn the rice at the bottom.

Close the lid and let it cook for one whistle only in the pressure cooker, 5 minutes on manual in instant pot and till the rice cooks on stove top.

Garnish with the fried cashews and chopped mint leaves.