Tiranga Pulao Recipe
- Prep Time: 25minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
Ingredients
For carrot rice:
- 1 cup basmati rice (cooked)
- 1 carrot (grated)
- 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- ½ tsp jeera/cumin seeds
- few curry leaves
- 10 cashews (whole / cut)
- ¼ onion (finely chopped)
- 2 green chili (slit lengthwise)
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- salt to taste
For ghee rice:
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 cup basmati rice (cooked)
- ¾ tsp jeera/cumin seeds
- 1 bay leaf / tej patta
- 2 cardamom/elaichi
- 2 cloves
- 1 star anise
- 1 inch cinammon stick
- 15 black pepper (whole)
- 15 cashews (whole / cut)
- ¼ onion (thinly sliced)
- 2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
- ½ inch ginger (finely chopped)
- salt to taste
For palak rice:
- 1 cup basmati rice (cooked)
- 1 tsp ghee / clarified butter
- ¼ onion (thinly sliced)
- 2 green chilli (slit length-wise)
- 1 cup palak leaves / spinach (finely chopped)
- ¼ cup peas (fresh/frozen)
- salt to taste
Instructions
For carrot rice:
Step 1 Firstly, in a wide pan, take a tsp of ghee. optionally, you can use oil.
Step 2 Furthermore, add mustard seeds, jeera, and curry leaves. allow spluttering.
Step 3 Additionally, add cashews and fry till they turn golden brown.
Step 4 once the cashews turn almost golden brown, add chopped onions and green chili. fry till they turn translucent.
Step 5 Time Add grated carrots and fry for a minute till they shrink and change their color.
Step 6 once the carrot is cooked, add turmeric powder and salt to taste. give a good stir.
Step 7 Also, add cooked rice.
Step 8 Furthermore, mix well without breaking the rice grains. cook for a minute.
Step 9 Finally. serve carrot rice with raita or as it is.
For ghee rice:
Step 1 In a wide pan, take a tbsp of ghee.
Step 2 Once the ghee starts to melt, add jeera.
Step 3 Also add spices like bay leaf, cardamom, cloves, star anise, cinnamon stick, and black pepper. saute till they turn aromatic.
Step 4 Now add cashews and fry till they turn golden brown.
Step 5 once the cashews turn almost golden brown, add sliced onions, ginger, and garlic. fry till the raw smell of ginger and garlic disappears.
Step 6 Finally, add cooked rice and salt to taste.
Step 7 Mix well without breaking rice grains. cook for a minute.
Step 8 Serve ghee rice with raita, saag, or as it is.
For palak rice:
Step 1 First, in a wide pan, take a tsp of ghee. optionally, you can use oil.
Step 2 Add chopped onions and green chili. fry till they turn translucent.
Step 3 Time Add finely chopped palak leaves and fry for a minute till they shrink and change color.
Step 4 Once the palak leaves are cooked, add peas and fry till the peas are cooked.
Step 5 Finally, add cooked rice and salt to taste.
Step 6 Mix well without breaking rice grains. cook for a minute.
Step 7 Finally, serve palak pulao with raita or as it is.