Baby Corn Pulao

Baby Corn Pulao

Ingredients

Basmati rice (basmati chawal) 1 cup
Baby corn 10 – 12
Onion (payaz) 2
Coconut milk (nariyel ka doodh) 1 cup
Bay leaf (tej patta) 1
Cinnamon (dalchini) 1” piece
Cloves (laung)  2-3
Green cardamom (chhoti Elaichi) 2
Salt (namak) to taste
Turmeric powder (haldi)  ¼ tea spoon
Clarified butter (ghee) 3-4 tea spoon
Whole red chili (sabut mirch) 2

To Grind

Mint leaves (pudina) ½ cup
Garlic (lahsan) 2-3 pods
Ginger (adrakh) 1” piece
Grated coconut (nariyel) 2 table spoon
Green chillies (hari mirch) 4
Hot spices (garam masala) powder ¼ tea spoon

Instructions

  1. Clean and wash rice and drain water and keep aside.
  2. Cut onion and baby corn into small pieces.
  3. Boil baby corn to soft.
  4. Take mint leaves, garlic, ginger, coconut, green chilies and hot spices in a grinder jar and grind them well.
  5. Heat clarified butter in a pan.
  6. Once heated add whole spices - bay leaf, cinnamon, whole red chili, cardamom and cloves.
  7. Then add onions, fry till they turn transparent.
  8. Add ground spices and fry till raw smell disappears.
  9. Then add coconut milk and boiled baby corn and bring to boil.
  10. Add rice, salt and stir it well.
  11. Now add water cook it on low flame (or cook it in microwave for 8-10 minutes).
  12. Now rice is ready. Serve hot with curd and salad of your choice.

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