Hyderabadi pulav

Hyderabadi pulav

Hyderabadi pulav is spicy Indian rice preparation. It is consumed daily by thousands of Indians. It is associated with Hyderabad, a city in India, mainly because of its spices.

Ingredients:

1)      500gms Basmati rice

2)      1 chopped onion

3)      8-10 cloves chopped garlic

4)      1 spoon grated ginger

5)      1 Whole red chilly

6)      Pinch of kesar

7)      ½ spoon dried and chopped lemon skin

8)      50gms raisins

9)      Juice of 1 lemon

10)   3tbsp oil

Direcctions:

Heat oil in a pan. Add onion and saute it untill pink. Remove oil from onion. Simmer the gas and saute ginger and garlic in it. Add rice, and whole red chilly to it. Saute for 2 minutes and add 4 cups of water to it. Add kesar and dried lemon skin powder to it and let it boil. As it boils, simmer the gas and cook for 15 minutes. When the water is dried, add raisins and lemon juice, mix. Garnish with corriender leaves and serve.

Kashmiri pulav recipe

Kashmiri pulav

Kashmiri pulav is India's exotic rice preparation. It is mainly consumed on special occasions like weddings.

It is not much spicy but has special rice taste to it. Basmati rice are used in Kashmiri pulav to make it more special.

Ingredients:

1)      2 cup basmati rice

2)      400gms mix fruits

3)      2Tbsp Ghee or oil

4)      25gms raisins (kishmish)

5)      1 Onion

      Directions

Wash rice in water and soak for 30minutes. Put 2tbsp ghee or oil and onion in a heavy vessel. Heat to make onion pink. Add salt to onion and then rice, with water but less than 4 cups. When the water boils, simmer the gas. When there is little water left, turn the gas off. Add raisins to it. In a separate vessel add mix fruits and ghee, and then mix them properly. Cover the vessel. Add this mix fruit to rice while serving. You can add 1tsp of rose water to rice.