Navratan pilau (nine jeweled rice) recipe
Recipe for navratan pilau (nine jeweled rice) in the curry recipes category.
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 cup basmathi rice
- 1 3/4 cups water
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 small finely sliced onion
- 6 cloves
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1/4 cup frozen peas (boiled), salt, 6 drops green food coloring mixed with 1 teaspoon water
- 1/4 cup diced tomatoes, 1/4 teaspoon red pepper, salt, garam masala, 6 drops red food coloring mixed in 2 teaspoons water
- 1 thinly sliced onion
- 2 1/4 cups ghee
- 1 oz. almonds
- 1 oz. cashew nuts
- 1 1/2 oz. golden raisins
- 1 oz. pistachio nuts
- 1 inch piece ginger thinly sliced
- 1 green chili, optional
- 1 hard boiled egg
Recipe method:
- Clean, wash and soak rice in 1 3/4 cups water for pressure cooking or in 2 cups of water for pan cooking.
- Heat oil and fry the onions.
- Add whole spices.
- Fry 1 minute.
- Add rice and fry for 2/3 minutes to coat the rice grains with oil.
- Add the water which the rice was soaking in.
- Pressure cook, building up the pressure to 15 psi and let drop or cook in a pan bringing to full boil then down to a simmer followed by 20 minutes of cooking until the rice is done.
- Divide rice into three parts.
- Thoroughly mix A with one part and B with another.
- Leave the last part plain.
- Keep rice separate and warm in the oven.
- Meanwhile fry the onion until it is crisp.
- Remove and fry almonds, cashew nuts, pistachios, raisins, ginger and chili.
- Chop egg and sprinkle with salt.
- Keep warm until required.
- To serve, place onions, nuts, chopped egg and all of C in a dish and spread the three batches of rice in clumps above it.
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