Navrattan Pullao (Nine-Jeweled Rice)
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Course : Curry
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 1
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1      cup           Basmati rice
   1 3/4  cups          water
     1/4  cup           oil
   1      small         onion -- finely sliced
   6                    cloves
   1      stick         cinnamon -- (1 inch)
   1      teaspoon      salt
     1/2  teaspoon      cumin seeds
                        ***a***
     1/4  cup           frozen peas -- boiled
                        salt
   6      drops         green food coloring - mixed with
   1      teaspoon      water
                        ***b***
     1/4  cup           diced tomatoes
     1/4  teaspoon      red pepper
                        salt
                        garam masala
   6      drops         red food coloring - mixed with
   2      teaspoons     water
                        ***c***
   1                    onion -- thinly sliced
   2 1/4  cups          ghee
   1      ounce         almonds
   1      ounce         cashew nuts
   1 1/2  ounces        golden raisins
   1      ounce         pistachio nuts
   1      piece         ginger -- (1 inch), thinly
                        -- sliced
   1                    green chile -- optional
   1                    hard boiled egg
 

Preparation:

Clean, wash, and soak rice in 1 3/4 cup 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. (C) Meanwhile fry the onion until it is crisp. Remove and fry almonds, cashew nuts, pistachios, raisins, ginger and chile. 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 aesthetically.