Prawns Pulao

Prawns Pulao

Prawns pulao ... pulao is a basic rice dish made in most indian homes. Its a ' One pot ' dish where you add the rice, veggies, spices and the prawns or any meat into a single pot and cook. Its a quick meal with a lot of  different recipes possible by simply interchanging prawns with meat or veggies.   

Ingredients

For marinating the prawns

• Prawns :500 gms
• Chilli powder: 2tsp
• Turmeric: 1/4 tsp
• Garam masala : 1 tsp
• salt
• Oil : 1 tsp

For the rice

• Cardamom pods: 4-5
• Cinnamon : 1inch
• Pepper corns: 8-10
• Bay leaf : 1
• Cloves : 5-6
• Basmati rice: 2 cups
• Chicken stock : 4 cups (Add one maggi magic cube to 4 cups boiling water to make stock
• Onion : 1 large finely chopped
• Tomato: 1 chopped
• Coriander leaves :handful
• Garlic :5-6 pods
• Oil : 4 tbsp
• salt

Method

1. Marinate the prawns with the ingredients mentioned.

2. Add oil to a wide skillet / kadai and stir fry the prawns. Do not over cook

3. Remove the prawns and add all the whole spices to the same oil . Add a table spoon more of oil if needed at this point

4. Once Masala is sauteed add the onion and make it translucent and to this add the chopped tomatoes.

5. Keep the water to boil and add the stock cube

6. Once tomato turns soft add washed and drained basmati rice and stir fry for 2-3 minutes

7. Add the fried prawns and pour the boiling stock water and cook until rice is tender. Add salt according to the salt in the stock.

8. Make a coarse paste of the coriander leaves and garlic and add to the cooked rice and leave it covered for few minutes after turning off the flame.

Tasty Prawns pulao is ready in One Pot!!

Happy Cooking!!

Shabana

Shabana Faizal