Cook Time: 45 mins
Servings: 4 people
Category: Rice / Pulao
| Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Cooked Rice | 2 cup |
| Cashews / Kaju | ¼ cup |
| Almonds / Badam | ¼ cup |
| Raisins / Kishmish | ¼ cup |
| Paneer Cubes | 1 cup |
| Diced Carrots | ¼ cup |
| Diced Potato | ½ cup |
| Cauliflower Florets | 1 cup |
| Green Peas | ½ cup |
| Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee | 3 tsp |
| Cinnamon Stick / Dalchini | ¼ inch stick |
| Bay Leaf / Tej Pata | 1 nos |
| Black Pepper | 8 to 10 nos |
| Cloves | 2 nos |
| Cardamom / Elaichi | 2 nos |
| Cumin Seeds / Jeera | ½ tsp |
| Grated Ginger | 1 tsp |
| Sugar | 1 tsp |
| Salt | ½ tsp |
| Lemon Juice | 1 tsp |
| Garam Masala | ¼ tsp (optional) |
| # | Cooking Navratan Pulao | Step by Step |
|---|---|
| 1 | In a heating pan, take 3 tsp of desi Ghee and allow it to heat up. |
| 2 | Add ¼ cup of Cashews, fry on medium flame until golden brown and remove it in a plate. |
| 3 | Then fry ¼ cup of Almonds until golden brown and remove in same plate. |
| 4 | In a similar way, fry ¼ cup of Raisins until Raisins pop up, fry 1 cup of Paneer cubes until golden brown and remove in the same plate. |
| 5 | Then fry for a minute ¼ cup of diced Carrots, ½ cup of diced Potato, 1 cup of Cauliflower florets, ½ cup of Green Peas and remove in plate and keep aside. |
| 6 | Then in the same pan, add ¼ inch Cinnamon stick, 1 bay Leaf, 8 to 10 Black Peppers, 2 Cloves, 2 Cardamom, ½ tsp of Cumin Seeds, 1 tsp of Grated Ginger and sauté nicely for few seconds. |
| 7 | Furthermore, add 2 cup of boiled and cooked Rice, fried veggies, 1 tsp of Sugar, ½ tsp of Salt, 1 tsp of Lemon Juice and mix well. |
| 8 | Then add ¼ tsp of Garam Masala and mix. |
| 9 | Navratan Pulao is now ready to serve. |
As we all know, a picture is worth a thousand words. Any recipe can be easily understood even with just a single image. Along with the steps above, you can also follow the pictorial representation given below. These are the major 9 steps while cooking Navratan Pulao and will help you to see whether your dish is coming as exactly or closer to the recipe given. Follow these well and enjoy your cooking. Happy Cooking!
Apart from this, we would request to check out our YouTube Channel for additional recipes. Also you can check out our other Pulao Recipes – such as Mumbai Style Tawa Pulao, Mango Rice, Tomato Rice and Marwadi Gatta Pulao.
Useful Tips
– To avoid breaking of Rice mix with the help of two spoons.
– Garam Masala is the optional to add.
