Baby Corn Pulao

In my early cooking stages, thought pulao is something very different and cannot be done that much easily. My thinking was totally wrong, when I started trying out the pulao/pulav's. This is one of such an easy pulao, to be tried out for the beginners.

Ingredients

• Basmati Rice - 3 cups
• Water - 4.5 cups (or as directed by the back side of basmati rice pack)
• Babycorn - 5 to 6
• Green peas - 1/4 cup
• Mint leaves - few
• Coriander leaves - few
• Salt - as per taste
• Ghee - 4 tsp

To Temper

• Oil - 3 tsp
• Cinnamon stick - 1 crushed
• Star anise - 2
• Bayleaves - 1
• Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Cloves - 3 to 4
• Cardamom - 1

Method

• Soak the biryani rice for 20 - 30 min.
• Wash the baby corns and cut into small pieces as shown.

• In a pressure cooker, add the ingredients under temper (Ingredients II), one by one and slightly fry.
• Add the onions and fry.

 

  Add green chillies, ginger - garlic pastte

•  Add the mint leaves and Coriander leaves and saute nicely.

•  Add in the green peas and keep stirring for 1 min.

•  Add in the baby corns and salt.

•  Add the water and allow to boil.

•  When the water starts boiling, add the soaked rice.

•  Slightly mix the baby-corn and rice.

• Close the lid and keep the flame in low. Do not use whistle. Allow to cook in low flame for 10 to 15 min. Switch off .
• Open the lid and add ghee and slightly mix the cooked pulav, without breaking the rice.

• Serve it with plain raitha or with any spicy side dish.