Pulao / pulav is a delicious rice recipe. Here i have a pulao recipe with the flavor of cashew. Cashews are lovely dry-fruit favorite for everyone. Thus the cashew flavor bring a extra delicious and variant taste to the pulao. Rice is cooked along with cashew paste. It is a simple recipe with great taste, give a try on it.
INGREDIENTS FOR PREPARATION
- Basmati rice: 1 cup
- Cashew: 150 g
- White kuskus: 2 tbs
- Onion: 1 large
- Grated coconut: 2 tbs
- Cloves: 4
- Cinnamon: 2 inch
- Cardamom: 4
- Ghee: 50 g
- Salt: to taste
- Soak half of the cashew in water for 15-30 minutes.
- Wash and soak rice for half an hour.
- Now grind soaked cashew along with white kuskus and grated coconut to a fine paste.
- Now melt ghee in a sauce pan, roast remaining cashew pieces.
- Take out the cashew pieces and saute cloves, cardamom, and cinnamon in same ghee.
- Now add sliced onion and saute till it soften.
- Add ground paste to it and saute for 2 minutes.
- Now add 2 cups of water and salt to it.
- Stir well and allow it to boil.
- When water starts boiling, add drained rice to it, stir well and cook with closed lid in low flame.
- When rice is about to get cooked, add half of roasted cashew pieces, mix well.
- Turn off the flame while rice cooks and drain off water.
