Category: Rice Recipes

Sweet Pulav – Rice Recipe

Pulao or Pulav is a delicately flavored rice that is lightly toasted in Ghee and then cooked in spices such as cloves, cinnamon etc. There are different variations of making a pulav in Indian Cuisine with assorted veggies.

Sweet Pulav is mainly served during occasions in Mangalore. The main flavor of this dish is the gorgeous golden brown onions with the addition of raisins and cashew nuts which adds a pleasing crunch and flavor. Mangalorean weddings often have this served with beetroot+raisin or date chutney for a traditional taste.

 

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 45 minutes

Serves: 4

 

Ingredients

Basmati rice – 1 cup

Salt – 1/2 tsp

Caster Sugar – 3 tbsp

Ghee/olive oil – as required (see directions)

Onions – 1 large, thinly diced

Raisins – 1/4 cup, soaked in 1/2 cup  warm water (15 mins)

Cashews – 1/4 cup, slit at the center

Water – double the quantity of rice

 

Directions

Soak the raisins in warm water for 10-15 mins. Drain and dry with a kitchen towel.

1. Frying Cashews, Raisins and Onions separately and setting aside in one plate.

Toss the cashews in 1 tbsp ghee and fry on high heat in a frying pan until its lightly toasted. Set it aside.

Cashew-nut | Toasted

Toss in raisins in the same pan with ghee, they will have plumped up. Set aside.

Raisin | Toasted for Pulao Recipe

Toss the onions in the same pan, add 1 more 1 tbsp of ghee and stir-fry on medium-high heat. Keeping eyes on them, they must turn dark golden brown and not black or burnt. This might take a while. Also, avoid tossing them too much.

The Onion | Fried for Rice Recipe | Delicious Sweet Aroma

 

2. In the same frying pan add the rice and toast it lightly with 2 tbsp ghee or oil. Transfer to a large pot.

Toasting Basmati RIce | Rice Recipe

3. Add cinnamon, cloves, salt and sugar. Pour 2 cups of water. It must be at-least 1 inch above the rice level. Cook on medium heat and bring to a boil. Keeping an eye, cover and cook until the rice is tender.

Basmati Rice | Aromatic | Delicious Sweet Aroma

4. Garnish with the fried onions, raisins and cashews.

Garnish food | Rice Recipe | Delicious Sweet Aroma

Serve hot with any curry dish.

Sweet Pulao Recipe | Mangalorean Recipe | Delicious Sweet Aroma

 

Sweet Rice Recipe / Sweet pulao Recipe | Delicious Sweet Aroma

 

 

Cooks tip:

*To obtain a caramelized texture of onions add enough ghee or oil. Wider the space faster is the frying process for larger portions. Keep stirring every minute for even browning.

 

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Prawn Fried Rice Recipe

A quick and easy one pot rice recipe is the Fried Rice. I picked up this recipe from my sis-in-law back then when I used to visit them in a countryside. This is almost exactly her recipe.

It is a great way to use left over rice or prepare it quickly for many servings.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes (plus cooking rice 20 mins)

Ingredients

Oil – Vegetable/Olive

Vegetables:

Green bell pepper – 1

Red bell pepper – 1

Green beans – 1/2 cup

Carrots – 1/2 cup

 

For the rice:

Cooked rice – 1 cup, (I used freshly cooked rice, you can also use left-over rice)

Ground black pepper – 1 tsp

Sweet chili sauce – 2 tbsp

Chicken stock – 1 cube, mixed in warm water

Spring onion – 1/2 cup, chopped

Prawns – 1 cup, whole or halved (I cut them into halves)

pepper powder  – pinch (for prawn)

Red chili powder – pinch (for prawn)

Egg – 2, lightly beaten with addition of a pinch of salt

Salt

 

 

 

Directions

1. Cut the ingredients into uniform size for an easy stir-fry. Set them aside.

bell-pepper

green beans, carrots

prawns

 

2. Heat a wok or deep pan with 1 tsp of oil.Swirl the pan to coat the pan evenly. To determine the wok is hot enough flick droplets of water, they will evaporate in a matter of seconds (make sure not to overheat). Now, its ready to stir-fry the ingredients.

 

3. Stir Fry:

Add the beaten eggs, stir-fry and scramble using a wooden spatula for 1- 2 minutes. Transfer it on a large plate.

eggs

Then add the carrots and green beans. Fry till tender crisp, for couple of minutes (I fried this separately as it takes longer time to be crispy-tender). Transfer into the same plate containing eggs.

Then, stir-fry peppers until tender crisp. Transfer to the plate.

Do the same for prawns, add 1/4 tsp salt, pepper powder, red chili powder, stir-fry on high till it turns slightly brown. Set it aside in the plate.

prawn stir-fry

Prawn stir-fry

prawn, bell-pepper, green beans, carrots, egg

Stir-fry mixture

4. Heat the wok with 1 tbsp oil, set it on low heat. Add a little portion of the above stir-fry mixture and a slight portion of  cooked rice,  1 tbsp sweet chili sauce,  add half of  the stock . Mix lightly.

.white rice

Chicken stock

 

Then with rest of stir-fried mixture, rest of the rice add remaining stock . Mix to combine everything. 

Fried Rice

Garnish with spring onion.

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5. Serve hot. Can be served with sweet chili sauce.

Fried Rice

 

 

 

Note:

*For left over cold rice, add 1 tbsp oil, stir through to split the rice grains for a couple of minutes until heated. Add the stir-fried mixture and follow the steps as mentioned ion step 4.

*If you do not have let over rice. Prepare an hour in advance and spread it over a pan or refrigerate to cool faster.

 

 

 

 

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Easy Beetroot Rice

When I say Beetroot rice, what is the first thing you notice? Oh yes! The color, of course. It’s gorgeous purple/red color is so deep and vibrant, that when combined with rice, just makes a wonderful one pot easy recipe.

If you have tried this, then drop a feedback of your recipe.

 

 

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients

Olive oil/Ghee – 2 tbsp

Grated Beetroot – 1 big size

Basmathi rice/ Ponni rice – 1 cup

Onions (optional) – 1 medium, cut into thin long strips

Green chilies – 1

Cinnamon – 1 bark

Cardamom – 2

Fennel seeds – 1/4 tsp

Salt – 3/4 tsp

Water – 2 cups

 Beetrootbeetroot, onions

 

Directions

1. In a pressure cooker or deep sauce pan (see notes if your using electric rice cooker) add 2 tbsp olive oil/ghee. Fry the cinnamon, cardamom and fennel for a minute on medium.

cinnamon, cardamom, fennel seeds

2. Add onions, green chilies, grated beetroot and salt. Stir well and fry for 4 minutes until its slightly less raw.

onions, green chilies

beetroot, onions

3. Now, add rice with 2 cups of water( twice the quantity of rice taken). Mix and taste for salt. Add more if necessary. 

rice, beetroot

beetroot

4. Close and cook (for pressure cookers one whistle, if using electric rice cooker check in 15 mins if the rice is cooked and make sure not to over mix)

 

My Beetroot Rice is ready with Papad (it’s tortilla like) and some cheesy pork sausages. Yummm!!

Easy Beetroot Rice

 

Notes

*If your using an electric rice cooker. First, fry all the ingredients till step 2, add rice, water and check for salt. Transfer the contents to the cooker and cook.

 

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