Thursday, April 12, 2012

Tomato Pulav



Ingredients
Basmati Rice: 1 cup
Tomato puree: 1 cup (Blanch 3 tomatoes in hot water and grind it)
Onions: 1 small sized
Green chillies: 2
Ginger: a small piece
Coriander leaves: 3 tablespoon
Frozen peas : 1/4 cup (optional)
Salt: 1.5 - 2 tsp
Cashewnuts: 1 tablespoon
Chilli powder: 1/2 tsp
Bay leaf: 1
Cinnamon: 1 small piece
Cloves: 2
Cardomom: 2
Lemon juice: 1/2 tsp(optional)
Oil: 3 tablespoon


Procedure:
Step1:
Wash and soak the rice for 1 hr


Step2:
Grind Coriander and ginger together and keep at aside
Grind the cashewnut to a fine paste separately and keep it aside


Step3:
Heat oil in a pan and fry the onions until translucent.Add bay leaf, cinnamom as well


Step4:
Add tomato puree and cook for a couple of minutes. Add chilli powder, salt, ginger coriander paste,cashew nut paste and cook for another 5 minutes. 


Step5:
Add frozen peas and cook for a couple of minutes


Step6:
Add the rice and cook for 15 minutes


Step7:
Add lemon juice to the cooked rice and mix well and garnish with coriander leaves

Note:
I used 2 cups of water for cooking the rice.
After adding the rice, I transferred everything to the rice cooker and cooked

Alternatively this can also be cooked by closing the lid of the pan

10 comments:

  1. Hi, first time here! I am enjoying the visual treat! :)

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  2. Wow delicious..can just imagine the taste..yummy pulav.
    maha

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  3. This pulav looks so colourful n yummyyy..

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  4. Wow....it's looks so delicious and tempting :)

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  5. This is something different which i will be trying this week. Actually mostly every week i try new recipes .. sometimes it gets nice and sometimes its horrible :P

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  6. Hi Nicely Described.

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  7. How much water do you add to the rice for cooking? Do you cover the rice with a lid while cooking? Thanks.

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    1. Hi, I added 2 cups of water and cooked in electric rice cooker

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  8. Looks good. I am going to try it. Thanks for posting the recipe with pics. :)

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  9. Many thanks for posting the basmati-tomato rice recipe. Ordinary fine rice can be good.

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