KASHMIR PULAO

Ingredients

Long grained rice 2 cups

Green peas, chopped carrot, potato, cauliflower 1 cup

Big onion 2

Tomato 2

Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp

Cinnamon 2 piece

Cloves 4

Cardamom 6

Butter 50 gm

Yogurt 1/2 cup

Coriander and mint leaves one handful

Green chilli 4

Cashew nut 15

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil 2 tbsp

Preparation

1. Wash and soak rice for one hour.

2. Grind cinnamon, cloves and cardamon finely and keep aside.

3. In a cooker, add oil, chopped green chillies, chopped onion and cashew nuts. Fry well.

4. Add butter, coriander leaves, mint leaves, chopped tomatoes, ginger garlic paste and grinded paste. Mix well.

5. Now add turmeric powder, vegetables and yogurt. Mix well.

6. Add rice, salt and 3 cups of water.

7. Cover it and after 1 whistle reduce the flame and turn off the heat after 3 mts.

8. Serve it with raita, chicken curry etc.

VEGETABLE PULAO

Ingredients

Long grained rice 2 cups

Onion 1

Carrot 1

Beans 5

Green peas 1/2 cup

Potato 1

Green chilli 3

Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp

Cinnamon 1/2 stick

Cardamom 3

Cloves 3

Bay leaf 1

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Javitri 1

Pepper corns 1/2 tsp

Corriander powder 1/2 tsp

Cumin powder 1/2 tsp

Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp

Yogurt 3 tsp ( optional)

Coriander leaves 5 spoon

Mint leaves 5 spoon

Salt to taste

Oil 3 tsp

Preparation

1. Soak rice for nearly 30 mts in a rice cooker.

2. To a pan add oil, cinnamon, cardamom, javitri, cumin seeds, cloves, bay leaf and fry.

3. Add chopped onions and fry till its colour changes slightly.

4. Add salt and ginger garlic paste. Then add pepper corns, chopped green chillies, chopped mint and coriander leaves.

5. Now add chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and mix well.

6. Add chopped potatoes, beans, carrots and green peas, and small amount of curd and mix well.

7. Add these into the rice in the rice cooker and add 3 cups of water. Mix it well and cover it and cook.

(Note: We can also use pressure cooker to cook pulao. In that case after 1 whistle turn off the heat.)