Spicy vegetable pilau with cucumber raita

Name: Spicy vegetable pilau with cucumber raita
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves; 1 tbsp rapeseed oil; 1 large onion, quartered and sliced; thumb-sized piece ginger, chopped; 1 cinnamon stick; ½ tsp cumin seeds; seeds from 8 cardamom pods; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1 red chilli, halved, deseeded and sliced; 1 large red pepper, deseeded and diced; 50g freekeh; 350ml vegetable stock (made with 2 tsp reduced-salt bouillon powder); 25g sultanas; ½ pack coriander, chopped; 40g cashew nuts; 1 garlic clove; 150ml pot bio-yogurt; ¼ cucumber, grated; 2 tbsp chopped mint