Rice Pulao
Rice pulao is rich in calories and a full meal on its own when taken with raita - a curd preparation. It is not very spicy, so increase the quantity of chilies, if you want to make it hot and spicy.
Ingredients we will require for this dish:
Basmati rice : . . . . . . . . . . . 2 cup
Onion (pyaj) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . two
Mustard seed (rai) : . . 1/2 tea spoon
Cumin seed (jeera) : . . . 1/2 tea spoon
Cashew nut (kaju) : . . . . . . . 50 gram
Almond (badam) : . . . . . . . . 50 gram
Bay leaves : . . . . . . . . . . . . . two
Garam masala : . . 1/2 tea spoon
Red chili flake (lal mirchi) : 1/2 tea spoon
Yellow capsicum (simla mirchi) : . . . . one
Oil (tel) : . . . . . . . . . . 3 table spoon
Butter (makkhan) : . . . . . . 1 table spoon
Lime juice (nimboo) : . . . . 1 table spoon
Salt (namak) to taste
Ingredients for raita :
Curd (dahi) : . . . . . . . . . . 500 grams
Onion (pyaj) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . one
Coriander leaves (hara dhania)
Green chilies (hari mirchi) : . . . . . . 2 to 3
Sugar (shakkar) : . . . . . . . 1 table spoon
Salt (namak) to taste
Pulao preparation : Fry onion in oil till they are just transparent and then add bay leaves, mustard seed, cumin seed, cashew nut, almond, garam masala, red chili flake, yellow capsicum and salt. Cook for two minutes and the add rice. Mix it well and add lime juice and butter. Cook for a minute and then add four to five cups of water and cook it till rice is soft.
Raita : Mix finely chopped onion and finely chopped green chilies in curd and add sugar, salt and coriander leaves.
Also try this recipe - Green Chili Rice
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