Thursday, October 15, 2009

Kasmiri Pulao


I saw this recipe in some blog when yrs ago I started to search net for different types of recipes. That’s why I forgot the name of the site .I may miss some ingredients also, but last INDEPENDENCE DAY some how I made after digging my memory. As it is a new dish, he invited one of his friends. They both appreciated the taste. I served it with Butter Chicken.

Ingredients:

1. Basmati Rice-3cups(wash & drain all water  nicely keeping in a big sieve)

2. Ghee-4 tablespoon

3. Cardamom-4-5pieces

4. Cinnamon-2-3sticks

5. Cloves-4-5pieces

6. Mixed fruit tin -200gm (if tin fruit is not available, cut pears, grapes, mango, orange,       cherry, apple in small pieces and keep in sugar syrup for overnight .then use it) 

7. Dates-8-9pieces(sliced)

8. Cashew & raisins as per choice

9. Rose water-1/2  cup, plain water -5 cup

10. Salt as per taste

11. Bay leaves-1-2

12. Rose petals


Process:

1. Pour ghee in pressure cooker.

2. Season with bay leaves, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves

3. After spluttering put cashew, raisins and rice.

4. Fry till the rice is white in colour & adhering together.

5. Pour water and rose water .

6. Add salt and dates

7. Cover it  and give one whitsle in sim.

8. Take out from oven and keep closed till the vapour absorb by itself.

9. Open and mix the fruits gently with the whole rice.

10. Serve the rice garnishing with rose petal.(though I didn’t get rose petals on that day.)

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