Navratan Pulao is a well celebrated vegetarian pulao. It is good in taste and eye appealing with all the benefits of vegetables and nuts.
Ingredients:
Procedure:
Navratan Pulao |
- Rice, basmati silky polished 1/2 kg
- Yoghurt 1 cup
- Onion 2-3 chopped
- Oil 1 cup
- Carrot chopped 1 cup
- Peas 1 cup
- Cauliflower 1 cup
- Potatoes chopped 1 cup
- Cashew nut 1 tablespoon
- Raisin 1 tablespoon
- Pistachio 1 tablespoon
- Almond soaked 1 tablespoon
- Coconut slices 1 tablespoon
- Cloves 15
- Star anise 2
- Cinnamon sticks 4
- Black pepper whole 2 teaspoon
- Caraway whole 1 teaspoon
- Salt for gravy to taste
- Salt for boiled rice 2 teaspoon
Procedure:
- Soak rice in enough water for 30 minutes.
- Wash and rinse the soaked rice.
- Then boil in 6 glass water and 2 teaspoons of salt till near to cook or 1 kanni remain.
- Drain and keep aside.
- Now saute onion in oil till soft.
- Add spices and vegetable fry for 1-2 minutes, then add yoghurt and fry for few more minutes.
- Now cook on medium flame till vegetables are well done. You can boil potato and peas before adding in a separate pan.
- At last add boiled rice and nuts and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Delicious Navratan Pulao is ready.
- Mix and serve.