Thursday 24 November 2011

PineApple Pulav [It is not sweet pulav]











Ingredients:
  • Basmati rice - 2 cups [ boiled ]
  • Pineapple finely cut pieces - 1 cup
  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 cup
  • Salt - as required
  • Red chili powder - 1/2 sp
  • Sugar - 1/2 sp
  • Bay leaf - 2
  • cinnamon - 2 pieces
  • cloves - 2
  • Cardamom - 2
  • Cumin seeds - 1 sp
  • Cashewnuts - 10
  • Raisins - 7 to 8
  • Ghee - 2 tbl sp
  • Oil - 1 tbl sp
  • Finely chopped coriander leaves - little

Method:
Soak the rice for 20 mins. Then pressure cook the rice and keep aside. Take one pressure cooker, keep on the gas, pour ghee and oil together, add cumin seeds, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and bay leaves. Fry for 2 mins, and add the finely cut pineapples and mix well. Meantime mix salt, turmeric, red chillie powder in 1/2 cup of water. Add the masala water to the pineapple. When the oil leaves the side add the boiled rice and mix well in lower flame. Finally add fried cashews, raisins in 1 tsp of ghee and mix into the pulav. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot with onion raitha.

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