Tasty and Easy Recipes

Ingredients:
1 cup long grain (basmati) Rice
1 cup Sugar (or according to taste)
3-4 Cardamom (green elaichi, split & crushed)
Few strands of Saffron (kesar)
4 cloves
1 1/2 tbsp Mixed Dry fruits (Pista, cashewnut, almond)chopped
1tsp Raisins
a Pinch of saffron (kesar)color dissolved in 2tsp warm water
2 tbsp pure ghee
1 tbsp mustard seeds
Silver paper (varak)
Water for boiling rice.

Method:
Wash soak and drain rice.
Bring water to boil and add the rice and simmer the flame.
When rice is half done add sugar (dissolved in little water) and ghee.
When fully done add the saffron, cardamom, cloves and half of the dry fruit.
Stir gently and cover for 10 minutes.
Garnish it with remaining dry fruit and silver paper.
Serve the kesar pulao fresh and hot.

Ingredients:
500gms Long Grain (Basmati) Rice
100gms Onion sliced vertically
5gms Cinnamon (dalchini)
5gms cardamom (Elaichi)
5gms cloves
a pinch of turmeric powder
1gm saffron (kesar)
10 ml Milk
20gms walnut
20gms cashew nut
1litre water
50gms oil
salt to taste

Method:
Wash and soak rice.
Heat oil and fry onions till golden brown and remove.
Fry whole spices, turmeric powder, add rice and saute’.
Add half-saffron dissolved in little warm milk.
Add hot water and mix well.
Cook a little. Finish with remaining saffron and cook till grains are separated and done.
Garnish kashmiri pulao with fried onions, walnuts & cashew nuts.

Ingredients:
1 cup Long Grain (Basmati) Rice
2 cups Water
11/2tsp Cumin seeds(jeera)
1tbsp oil
salt to taste
2 Bay leaves
3-4 cloves
Few whole Black pepper
1 Black Cardamom

Method:
Clean and wash rice. Wash and drain rice 2-3 times and soak in water for 15-10 minutes.
Heat oil and add cumin seeds (jeera), bay leaf, cardamom, whole black pepper and cloves.
When Cumin seeds are done add the rice and salt, mix well.
Add water.
When it starts boiling low down the flame of the gas and cover it partially.
Keep an eye, rice will be done when holes appear on the surface and water is completely absorbed.
Serve the jeera pulao hot with any gravies or raita.