Coconut Milk Pulao

Coconut Milk Pulao is a one pot dish which is very easy to prepare. This dish is very simple, it doesn’t have any fancy ingredients but the addition of coconut milk makes it a royal dish. It’s very rich indeed. I have prepared the pulao without adding any vegetables. But We can add Carrots, Beans, Green Peas or any I served this pulao with Paneer Kolhapuri ,Will share the recipe soon. The combination was awesome I would say..

I used my home made coconut milk to prepare this pulao.

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Coconut Milk Pulao Recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian |  Recipe Category : MainCourse Prep Time: 15  mins | Cook Time : 25 mins |Makes: 2 |Author :Sharmila Kingsly Ingredients:            Basmathi Rice – 1 cup (Soaked in water for an hour) Onion – 2 sliced lengthwise Green Chilli – 2 Ginger Garlic paste – I tbsp. Coriander Leaves +Mint Leaves – 1 cup. Coconut Milk – 2 cups  Salt – per taste To temper: Fennel Seeds – I tsp Cinnamon stick – 1 inch piece Bay Leaves – 2 Oil as needed Cardamom powder a pinch     Step by step Method with pictures:      ·    In a kadai add in oil, Once the oil becomes hot add in the “To temper “ingredients. Wait till a nice aroma comes and then add in sliced onion and green chilli. Fry till the onion becomes translucent.       ·       Now clean the mint Leaves and Coriander Leaves .Chop the Coriander leaves roughly and add in Coriander Leaves and Mint Leaves in the kadai. Fry for a min till the leaves shrink. Add in the ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell leaves. Now add in the soaked basmati rice in the kadai.       ·       Fry the Basmati rice along with rest of the ingredients. Now add in the Coconut Milk and salt. Wait for a boil and Transfer the contents to an Electric Rice Cooker. The Rice will cook in its own pace, we don’t have to worry for the perfect Rice texture when cooked in the Electric Rice cooker. Add Coconut milk as per your electric cooker instructions. In my Electric cooker I usually add 2 cups for 1 cup of Rice. For Pressure cooker Method see notes.   Notes:        ·       If you are Cooking in a pressure Cooker add 1 ¼ cup of water for 1 cup of Rice. ·       Use the Same cup to measure the Rice and Water. ·       In a pressure Cooker cook for 1 whistle. Wait till the pressure gets released by itself. The rice will be cooked perfectly. This Ratio is my no fail method and I am following this ratio always. It has never let me down. ·       Use a heavy bottomed Pressure Cooker otherwise Rice might get burnt in the bottom. ·       Use can even use Vegetable like Beans, Carrot, Green Peas, and Capsicum too.

Method:

    1)    In a kadai add in oil, Once the oil becomes hot add in the “To temper “ ingredients. Wait till a nice aroma comes and then add in sliced onion and green chilli. Fry till the onion becomes translucent.

    2)     Now clean the mint Leaves and Coriander Leaves .Chop the Coriander leaves roughly and add in Coriander Leaves and Mint Leaves in the kadai. Fry for a min till the leaves shrink. Add in the ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell leaves. Now add in the soaked basmati rice in the kadai.

     3)     Fry the Basmati rice along with rest of the ingredients. Now add in the Coconut Milk and salt. Wait for a boil and Transfer the contents to an Electric Rice Cooker. The Rice will cook in its own pace, we don’t have to worry for the perfect Rice texture when cooked in the Electric Rice cooker. Add Coconut milk as per your electric cooker instructions. In my Electric cooker I usually add 2 cups for 1 cup of Rice. For Pressure cooker Method see notes.

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