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Mushroom Pulao Recipe
Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Cook Time | 30 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
- 11/2 cup basmati rice – you can use any type of long grained rice
- 1 packet button mushrooms
- 85 medium onion thinly sliced
- 1 medium tomato chopped
- 1 medium Potato peeled & cubed (optional)
- 2 Green chilies chopped
- 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste crushed in mortar-pestle
- 1 cup thick coconut milk
- 2 tbsp Oil
- salt or sea salt as required
whole spices
- 1 tsp cumin / jeera optional
- 3 green cardamoms/hari elaichi
- 4-5 Cloves (Laung)
- 6-7 black peppers
- 1.5 inches cinnamon/dal chini
Ingredients
whole spices
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Instructions
- clean, wash and soak the rice for 20 to 30 mins. when the rice is getting soaked, chop all the veggies. rinse and chop the mushrooms too.
- take all the whole garam masala and keep it aside.
- in a pressure cooker, heat oil. add the whole garam masala including cumin, and fry till they become fragrant. about few seconds.
- add the onions and fry them till translucent.
- add the ginger-garlic paste and saute till the raw smell of the paste disappears.
- now add the chopped tomatoes, potatoes and mushrooms. saute for 8-10 minutes till the mushrooms are half cooked. Keep on stirring in between.
- add the soaked rice and the chopped green chili.
- saute the rice for 1-2 minutes stirring in between on a low flame.
- add the coconut milk and water. stir and season with salt.
- pressure cook the rice for 2 to 3 whistles.
- when the pressure settles down on its own, remove the lid and gently fluff the rice.
- garnish with coriander leaves or mint leaves and serve mushroom pulao with sliced onions and lime. you could also have mushroom pulao with onion-tomato raita.
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