Recipes - Sweet Pulav
- Averyl Rodrigues
- Mangalore
Ingredients:2 cups basmati rice
4 cups hot water
2 medium onions (sliced)
2 bay leaves
5-6 cardamoms
5-6 cloves
2 “ cinnamon
1 tbsp. raisons
1 tbsp. cashew nuts
5 tbsp. oil / ghee
3-4 tbsp. sugar
Salt as per taste
Method:
Wash rice gently and soak in water for about 30 minutes.
Heat a non stick vessel, add 2 tbsp. of oil or ghee. Brown the onion and set aside. In the remaining oil, fry cashew nuts and raisons and set aside. Add 1 tbsp. of oil / ghee and splutter cloves, cinnamon and cardamoms. Add bay leaves and strained rice. Saute gently for 3-4 minutes. Add half of the fried onion, hot water, sugar and salt. Stir gently. Keep on high flame until a boil. Keep covered on slow flame until water evaporates and rice is soft and done. Lastly spread the remaining fried onion, cashew nuts, raisons and one tbsp. of oil/ghee on the top.