Shahi Pulao recipe

Shahi Pulao

This is my second recipe for shahi pulav. This is one of my all time favorite recipe. I first posted it a year back, since it is my fav, i want it to have a clear pictorial recipe. So here i am with a new post with more pictures. You can check out my old recipe here.

This rice dish has a slight sweetish tingle to it. It is a kind of rich recipe. You can make it in different variation, you can add saffron water in it, you can add veggies to it. I will soon post that. So off you go to the recipe.

Ingredients for Shahi Pulao

• Basmati Rice -  1 cup
• Onions - 1 large sliced thinlyGreen Chilli - 3 large slit
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 2 tblspn
• Salt to taste
• Sugar - 1 tblspn
• Coriander Leaves - a handful
• Mint Leaves - a handful
  Water - 1.5 cup

For Seasoning:

• Ghee - 2 tblspn
• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tblspn
• Bay Leaf - 1
• Cinnamon Stick - 1 inch piece
• Cardamom / Yelakai - 4 crushed
• Cloves / Krambu - 4

How to make Shahi Pulao

1. Wash and soak the rice for 30 mins.
2. Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add in all the seasoning ingredients and saute for a while.
3. Now add in salt and sugar and mix well. Let them cook for a while.
4. Add in onions, green chilli and saute till they turn golden.
5. Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute them for a min.
6. Now add in the soaked drained rice and mix them well.
7. Add in a good amount of coriander and mint leaves.
8. Pour in 1.5 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Simmer the flame and pressure cook for 1 whistle. Let it simmer for 5 mins. Switch off the flame and let the steam go all by itself. Fluff the rice with a fork.
9. Serve with any curry.

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Shahi Pulav ( Pulao ) / Shahi Pilaf / Shahi Biryani

Shahi Pulav with step by step pictures. This is made with Basmati Rice and seasoning with Wholegaram masala

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Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 cup Basmati Rice
• ▢ 1 large sliced thinly Onions
• ▢ 3 large slit Green Chilli
• ▢ 2 tblspn Ginger Garlic Paste
• ▢ Salt to taste
• ▢ Sugar
• ▢ a handful Coriander Leaves
• ▢ a handful Mint Leaves
• ▢ 1 tblspn Water
• ▢ For Seasoning:
• ▢ 2 tblspn Ghee
• ▢ 1 tblspn Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
• ▢ -1 Bay Leaf
• ▢ 1 inch piece Cinnamon Stick -
• ▢ 4 crushed Cardamom / Yelakai
• ▢ 4 Cloves / Krambu

Instructions

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  Wash and soak the rice for 30 mins.
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  Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add in all the seasoning ingredients and saute for a while.
• ▢
  Now add in salt and sugar and mix well. Let them cook for a while.
• ▢
  Add in onions, green chilli and saute till they turn golden.
• ▢
  Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute them for a min.
• ▢
  Now add in the soaked drained rice and mix them well.
• ▢
  Add in a good amount of coriander and mint leaves.
• ▢
  Pour in 1.5 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Simmer the flame and pressure cook for 1 whistle. Let it simmer for 5 mins. Switch off the flame and let the steam go all by itself. Fluff the rice with a fork.
• ▢
  Serve with any curry.

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