Patiala Pilaf(Pulao)
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3-4
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups long grain basmati rice
  • 1 medium sized onion finely chopped
  • 2 medium sized onions fried
  • 7-8 cloves of garlic finely chopped
  • 1 tsp Shahi Jeera (black cumin seeds)
  • 7-8 green cardamom
  • 6 cloves
  • 2 inches of cinnamon stick
  • 2 bay leaf
  • Cooking Oil
  • Salt
Instructions
  1. Take a large bowl and soak the rice in water for 30 minutes.
  2. Heat 3 tbsp oil in a pan. Fry chopped garlic until they turn light brown.
  3. When garlic turns brown, add black cumin seeds. As cumin seeds starts to splutter add chopped onions and fry them until they become tender.
  4. When Onions become tender, add green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf and fry them for a minute.
  5. Fry whole spices for 1 minute. Now add rice and mix it well with the ingredients in the pan.
  6. Add 4 cups of water for 2 cups of rice.Cook rice uncovered on medium flame until water begins to boil.
  7. As the water begins to boil, add salt as per taste. Cover and cook the rice until it is done.
  8. Rice gets cooked in 3 minutes. Turn off the flame and let the rice stay covered for next 15 minutes so that it absorbs all the flavors and aroma of spices.
  9. Garnish Patiala Pilaf with fried onions.
Recipe by Kali Mirch - by Smita at https://kalimirchbysmita.com/patiala-pilafpulao/