BM# 63: Journey through the Cuisines
Week 2: Rajasthani Cuisine
Day 10: J for Jaipuri Pulao
Today I have a easy to make, colorful and delicious rice dish. Being a south Indian, I am attracted to rice dishes like a magnet and so J is for Jaipuri Pulao it is. This is a great dish to make on a busy weeknight or to serve at a fancy party.
Recipe is from this You Tube video by Ruchi Bharani. Cooked basmati is tossed with colorful veggies and a freshly ground spice paste. So once you have the spice paste ready, the recipe comes together in no time.
Original recipe has grated paneer, but I added some cooked kidney beans instead to make it more wholesome and complete meal. But you can add chickpeas or tofu. I served the rice with a spicy banana pepper curry.
Recipe by Ruchi Bharani:
Jaipuri Vegetable Pulao
Recipe to make Jaipuri Vegetable Pulao. Colorful, delicious and easy to make. This is a great dish to make on a busy weeknight or to serve at a fancy party.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup Basmati Rice
- 1 tbsp Cashews
- 1 tbsp Raisins
- 2 tbsps Cilantro , chopped
- 1 cup Paneer beans cubes or Cooked (I used kidney )
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 2 pods Cardamom
- 1 Cinnamon " stick
- 3 ~ 4 Peppercorns
- 2 Cloves
- 1 Bay leaf
- To taste Salt
For the Spice Paste:
- 1 Onion Small , chopped
- 2 ~ 3 Chilies Green , chopped
- 1 Ginger " , grated
- 1 tsp Coriander Ground
- 1 tsp Cumin Ground
- 1 tbsp Cream
Instructions
- Make the Masala paste: Grind onion, green chilies, ginger, ground coriander, ground cumin along with thew cream into a smooth paste.
- Cook Rice: Wash and soak rice for at least 30 minutes. Then cook rice with enough water, make sure that the rice grains are separate. Let cool.
- Boil or steam mixed vegetables until tender. Keep ready.
- Heat butter in a pan, add the whole spices and once the spices turn aromatic, add cashews and raisins and cook till the cashews turn golden.
- Add the mixed vegetables and saute for 3~4 minutes. Next add the masala paste and cook till it doesn't smell raw anymore, about 3~4 minutes.
- Add the cooked rice and gently mix to coat the grains with masala. Season with salt and mix well.
- Serve with a spicy curry and/ or raita.
Notes
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Srivalli
Surely looks so colourful and inviting dish Pavani...
Amara Annapaneni
Love your clicks Pavani, the bowl of pulao is inviting 🙂
The Pumpkin Farm
very tempting bowl of pulao, we love this rice, like the addition of brocolli
Gayathri's Cook Spot
This pulao is so colourful and very inviting...
Sapana Behl
Jaipuri pulao looks very delicious.Me too love rice based dishes and can have them anytime.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan
Love that spicy paste. It will come in handy for other curries and recipes as well. Great share.
rajani
I love rice dishes and prefer them over everything else. You have captured it beautifully
Linsy Patel
where do i find banana pepper curry recipe, interested in that more than rice,
Nalini's Kitchen
Pulao looks so colorful and tempting..Awesome captures.
Suma Gandlur
I didn't know there was a Jaipuri pulao dish. It sounds flavofful and looks really colorful with that medley of vegetables.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
Love the colorful rice! I always admire how you get your grains individual and separated.
Usha Rao
That is a colorful bowl of rice. So do you add the masala along with rice or saute the masala with veggies and then add the rice?
Pavani N
Masala is added after veggies and then tossed with the rice. I updated the recipe with that info. Thank you for catching that 🙂
Kalyani
I love the colour burst here - green & brown against the white rice ! brilliant !
vaishali sabnani
I want to dig into that bowl...it is so so inviting and looks beautiful..love the colors in it..awesome Pavani.
Priya Suresh
I want to finish my dinner happily with this highly inviting pulao,my mouth is watering here.
Pavani N
LOL Linsy 🙂 That recipe is not on the blog. Here's the recipe: I just sauteed some onions and banana peppers along with some ginger-garlic paste, then added some tomato puree, almond butter, kashmiri lal mirch, coriander-cumin powder and garam masala. Simmer till thick. Add a splash of cream, if you like.
Smruti Shah
I loved the colors and textures in your pulao. The recipe sounds really interesting. Amazing pick Pavani!!
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi
Wow! that is quite a pulao there, Pavani. Very colorful and inviting.
rekhas kitchen
Even my first choice is also a rice dish very tempting and flavorfull recipe..