How to make Pilau Rice the best way!

Probably one of the nicest rice dishes you will ever taste, it can be had as a main meal because its that full of flavour!

Ingredients:
serves 3-4

8 tablespoons of vegetable oil
2 cups of basmati white rice
1 and a half Tbsp of salt
a pinch of saffron diffused in hot water
2 tsp garlic paste
3 tsp of ginger paste
2 tsp of cumin seeds
1 tsp of fennel seeds
1 cup petit pois
1 medium sized onion - fried