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    Home » Uncategorized

    Published: Jun 4, 2016 · Modified: Mar 10, 2022 by Smruti · This post may contain affiliate links · 10 Comments

    Gujarati White Pulao



    Today is the second day of the Marathon this month and the theme is still rice. After posting an African Rice yesterday, I am back to India today. This is a simple recipe of a white colored pulao that is served at all Gujarati weddings with kadhi and papad.

    If you have ever been to a Gujarati wedding, you would easily relate to this dish. White grains of rice topped with colorful vegetables like carrots, peas and french beans and spiced by whole spices and chillies, this pulao is rather light and easy to make. 

    While this rice is easy to prepare, one has to be careful with the spices. While adding more rice will help reduce the heat of the rice, if the spice is not right, the only option is to add more chillies in ghee or oil and add it to the rice! That will make the rice super greasy. So make sure you take the correct number of green/ red chillies. So here is the recipe that we generally relish at the weddings, now made easily at home 🙂 

    Ingredients



    Long grain rice 1 cup

    Onion ½ medium

    Carrot 1 medium

    French Beans ¼ cup

    Peas ½ cup frozen or fresh

    Cashew nuts a handful

    Star Anise 2-3, Cloves 2-3

    Bay Leaves 1-2, Cinnamon 1 inch piece

    Green/ Red Chilli 2-3

    Cumin seeds 1 tsp

    Salt 2 tsp

    Ghee 1 tbsp

    Method



    Wash and soak the rice for about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, dice onions and set aside. Chop french bean and carrots to ½ inch pieces. Heat water and partly boil the beans, carrots and peas. Drain and set aside.

    Cook the rice with a pinch of salt either in a pressure cooker or open in 1 ½ cup water. Let it cool and separate the grains.

    Heat ghee in a pan. Add all the spices, cashews and cumin seeds. Once they pop, add onions and chilli. Let the onions turn pink and then add the vegetables. Cover and cook for 2-3 minutes. 

    Next, add the rice and mix well. Season with salt, slowly mix it in taking care that the grains do not break. Turn down the heat and serve warm with salad, raita or kadhi and papad.

     

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    Comments

    1. Priya Suresh says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:05 pm

      White pulao looks prefect for me, serve me with some spicy paneer masala can have this dish without any guilt.

      Reply
    2. Srividhya says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:05 pm

      looks very tempting. Amazing clicks

      Reply
    3. Srivalli says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:05 pm

      Love how beautifully the rice is cooked and blended..stunning!

      Reply
    4. Priya Srinivasan - I Camp in My Kitchen says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:05 pm

      beautifully presented, looks scrumptious!

      Reply
    5. Pavani says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:05 pm

      That is such a lovely and colorful looking Gujarati white pulao. Looks very inviting.

      Reply
    6. Varada's Kitchen says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:05 pm

      Beautiful pictures.

      Reply
    7. Gayathri Kumar says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:05 pm

      Very colourful pulao. Looks absolutely delicious..

      Reply
    8. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:05 pm

      How beautiful this pulao looks and Love the clicks!

      Reply
    9. Sowmya :) says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:05 pm

      This looks delicious....want to have a go at it right away!

      Reply
    10. veena says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:05 pm

      omg....cant take my eyes of the screen. Such a lovely presentation

      Reply

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