Recipe for Zafrani Pulav

Ingredients

  • Basmati Rice - 2 cup
  • Saffron - 1 tsp
  • Nuts (Cashews, Almonds, Pistachios, Walnuts etc) - 1 cup
  • Dried Fruits (Black Raisins, Golden Raisins, cranberries, pineapple, papaya etc) - 1 cup
  • Fresh fruits (Pomogranate, Grapes, Apple ) - 1 cup
  • Whole Garam Masala - (1 bay leaf, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 cardomon, 3 cloves)
  • Black Cumin - 1/2 tsp
  • Fried Onions - 1/2 cup
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • Cilantro - handful
  • Mint - handful
  • Sugar - 1 tblsp
  • Corriander- Cumin Powder - 1 tblsp
  • Milk - 1/4 cup
  • Oil - 2 tblsp
  • Ghee - 1 tblsp

Cooking Directions

Wash and soak the rice for atleast 10 minutes.

Slice the onion lengthwise and fry it.

Soak the saffron strands in the milk.

Heat oil in a pan and splutter the cumin seeds and whole garam masala.

Add the nuts and dried fruits and saute for a minute on very low flame to prevent them from getting burnt.

Add the ginger garlic paste, sugar and corriander-cumin powder.

(After this you can cook in a rice cooker or stove top.) Add the above mixture to the rice along with required water, fried onions, half of the saffron- milk mixture and finely chopped coriander and mint leaves.

Let it cook till the rice is done. At this stage add the remaining saffron-milk mixture on top of the rice.

Add the fresh fruits and mix gently with a fork without breaking the rice.

Add few drops of ghee on top.

Garnish with additional nuts, fruits, cilantro and fresh saffron strands.

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