Showing posts with label Babycorn Pulav. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Babycorn Pulav. Show all posts

Thursday, September 13, 2012

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.

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