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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Ingredients

• Baby corn – 1 pkt
• Sliced White Mushrooms -  1 pkt
• Cumin seeds – a pinch
• Fennel seeds – a pinch
• Star anise – 1 – crushed nicely
• cinnamon stick – 1 inch – crushed nicely
• Cloves – 3 to 4  - crushed nicely
• Cardamom powder – a pinch
• Onion – 2 – chopped finely.
• Tomato – 2 ( grinded to fine paste)
• Ginger garlic paste – 1.5 tsp
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Coriander powder – 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 1.5 tsp
• Salt as per taste
• Garam masala – 1 tsp
• Lemon juice/vinegar – 1 tsp
• Milk – ½ cup (optional)
• Oil  - 4 tsp
• Ghee – 2 tsp
• Coriander leaves – for garnishing
• Tomato, onion, lemon pieces – for garnishing                                
• Water – as needed

Method

• Take 2 tsp of finely chopped onion and keep aside and grind the remaining portion of onion to a fine paste.
• In a pan, add ghee and fry the babycorns first for 5 min  and keep aside.
• Add mushrooms and just fry for 2 min and keep aside.
• Now in the same pan, add the oil and add the spieces.
• When they start spluttering, add the chopped onion and fry till they become translucent. Now add the onion paste and fry till the raw smell goes off.
• Add the tomato paste and ginger garlic paste and cook for 5 min.
• Now add the baby corns first and all the mentioned powders and salt one by one with little water added allowing the baby corns to cook. (it may take some 7 to 10min)
• Now add the mushrooms.
• By this time, the gravy would be very thick. Add the milk now ( u can add water also) and allow to cook for another 5 more min.
• Now the oil will start coming out slowly. At this time add the lemon juice and mix well and cook for just another 3 more min.
• Transfer it to serving place and garnish with coriander leaves, tomato, onion and lemon.
• Serve with chappathi, roti or naan.

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