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Chicken pulav

Last weekend we had a late breakfast and till 2 0’ clock I hadnt thought about what to cook for lunch. But then we were very hungry and I made this quick chicken pulav. It is a recipe from my father’s very close friend. Uncle S had once cooked this Chicken pulav and invited us for dinner when his wife was away. It gets ready in 20 minutes and is yummy.

chickenpulav

Ingredients

  • Cleaned chicken (cut into small pieces) – 10 to 12
  • Rice – 2 cups
  • Onion – 1 medium sized cut into thin long slices
  • Ginger, garlic paste (fresh homemade for better taste)- 1 teaspoon
  • Green chillies – 4 to 5
  • Cinnamon – 1 stick
  • Cloves – 5 to 6
  • Pepper – 5 to 6
  • Cardamom – 1
  • Saunf/badishippi – half teaspoon
  • Bay leaves – 1
  • Yogurt – 2 teaspoons
  • A pinch of turmeric powder
  • Oil
  • Salt to taste

Method

  • Apply salt, turmeric, ginger-garlic paste and yogurt to the chicken pieces and set it aside.
  • Wash the rice and set it aside.
  • Heat a generous quantity of oil in cooker and add onions and green chillies. Fry for 5 mins.
  • Crush all the other masalas into a coarse mixture and fry it along with onions.
  • Now add the chicken pieces, salt and fry well till the raw smell goes away and you get a nice aroma. At this stage, add rice and fry gain for 5 mins.
  • Add sufficient quantity of water and allow the pulav to cook according to your cooker specifications.

Enjoy with your favourite salad :-)

Posted 29 May 2008, 11:53 by Nayanatara Pai · Comment

vegetable pulav

vegetable pulav

Everybody has their own version of making pulavs and their own favourites. This is my mother’s version and also the best I like. My sister and I have named it as Ammale Pulav (meaning Amma’s pulav :) This is a rather elaborate way of making pulav and hence will turn out best when you have ample time and are in the mood for it. Today was one of those days for me.


This pulav also has also a very generous proportion of vegetables. It is made in 3 stages: masala, vegetables and the rice.

masala

vegetables
pulav

Ingredients

  • Rice – 3 cups
  • Onions – 2 medium sized
  • Mixed vegetables (Beans, carrot, peas, potato) – 2.5 cups cups
  • Green chillies – 4 to 5
  • Corainder leaves – a generous portion
  • Garlic pods – 10 to 12
  • Ginger – half inch
  • Pepper – half teaspoon
  • Fennel seeds – half teaspoon
  • Cloves – half teaspoon
  • Cinnamon stick – a small one
  • Cardamom – 1
  • Ghee / Butter
  • Oil
  • Turmeric powder
  • Salt to taste

Method

  • Wash the rice, drain the water and set it aside.
  • Cut all the vegetables into about a inch long pieces (depending on your liking) and set them aside separately.
  • Cut the onions into thin long pieces and set it aside.
  • Grind all the masala items with a few pieces of onions into a smooth paste. It will look like green chutney and smell yummy. Fry this paste with a little oil for a few minutes till the raw smell goes.
  • To cook the rice, heat some ghee in a cooker and add 2 cloves and a small piece of cinnammon. Add the washed rice, turmeric and salt and fry it for a few minutes. Add sufficient quantity of water and pressure cook the rice.
  • The vegetables can be cooked in 2 ways: Either cook by stir frying them with a little oil or first steam them and then fry for a few minutes. The second method will take less time. I boil the vegetables with some salt in water in the following order: beans, potatoes, carrots and lastly peas with some time interval between each vegetable, as beans takes the maximum time to cook and peas the least. After cooking the vegetables, drain them and set aside. Remember that the vegeatbles must not become very soft, else they lose the taste and the whole purpose of cooking them separately is lost.
  • Now in a wide bottomed kadai, take some oil and fry the onons till they become transparent. Now add the vegetables and fry for a few more minutes. (My mother does not boil the vegetables. ..... she cooks them at this stage by frying with the onions on a very low flame till all the vegetables are cooked)
  • Now add the masala to these vegetables, salt to taste and fry for a few more minutes. Now turn off the flame.
  • Finally mix the rice to these vegetables, add some ghee and cover the container for 10-15 minutes so that it blends well. You can utilise this time to make salad/raita.

    Serve this pulav with raita and enjoy your sumptuous meal.

    Preparation time: 90 minutes

    Posted 14 October 2007, 08:08 by Nayanatara Pai · Comment

    kheeri

    kheeri

    I would say this kheeri (cheppe kheeri) is a sweetless payasam.
    It is usually eaten with pickles. It is a must-prepare for the Navaratri pooja. My mother regualarly prepares it at home as we grow turmeric leaves and also due to the abundance of coconuts :)

    Ingredients

    • Rice – 1 cup
    • Grated coconut – 1 cup
    • Turmeric leaves – 2 small

    Method

    • Cook rice till it is soft.
    • Grind the coconut adding sufficient water and keep aside the coconut milk obtained by draining it.
    • Tie the turmeric leaves into knots and set aside.
    • To the cooked rice, add the coconut milk, a little water and the turmeric leaves. Cook for about 10 minutes on a low flame till you get a nice aroma of the fresh turmeric leaves.
    • Sprinkle a little salt when eating. Serve with pickles and any other randayi (konkani curry)

    Preparation time: 30 minutes

    Posted 6 December 2006, 05:44 by Nayanatara Pai · Comment [4]