Kesar Pulao Recipe

By Nandu

Kesar pulao is prepared on special occasions in north India. It's aroma makes you want to eat it, even more. Let's make the Kesar Pulao today.

Ingredients

• Ingredients for Kesar Pulao
• Basmati Rice – 200 gm
• Kesar – half small spoon
• Ghee – 1 1/2 tablespoon
• Cumin seed – half small spoon
• Black pepper – 5
• Long – 3
• Dal Chini – 1 inch long piece
• Big cardamom – 2 (peeled)
• Cashews – 15 (cut each in 4 pieces)
• Raisins – 30 (remove the stems)
• Salt – one small spoon (or as per taste)
• Coriander – one tablespoon (cut finely)

Preparation

Step 1

How to Make Saffron Rice
Wash the rice twice and soak them in water for 1 hour.
Soak kesar in one tablespoon water for half an hour
Put the ghee in a frying pan and heat it. Add cumin seed to the ghee. After it crackles, add black pepper, long, dalchini, cardamom, cashews and raisins. Fry till the cashews turn light brown and the raising swell.
Add rice to this mixture and fry for another 2 minutes. Take out the contents in a glass bowl and mix water, salt and kesar. Roast them in microwave for 12 minutes. Your Kesar Pulao is now ready.
If you want to make the pulao in a cooker than put ghee in the cooker and heat it. Add cumin seed and crackle it. Now add black pepper, long, dalchini, cardamom, cashews and raising and roast them. Now add the rice and roast for another 2 minutes. Now put double the water then that of rice, salt and kesar in the cooker. Close the cooker. After one whistle turn off the burner. Reduce the pressure in the cooker so that the rice don't get overriped.
Open the cooker after it has released all the pressure. Take out the contents in a bowl or plate. Cut 4 almonds length wise and garnish them on the Pulao. Your Kesar Pulao are now ready to serve and eat.