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Kaju Aur Moti Pulao

This pulao is a visual delight with lightly browned cashewnuts and silvery pearls . This recipe has featured on the show Khanakhazana.

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Kaju Aur Moti Pulao
Main Ingredients Rice, Cashewnuts
Cuisine Indian
Course Rice
Prep Time 31-40 minutes
Cook time 11-15 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Mild
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Veg

Ingredients list for Kaju Aur Moti Pulao

  • 1 1/2 cups Rice soaked and drained
  • Cashewnuts
  • 20-25 Cashewnuts
  • 1 cup Paneer (cottage cheese) grated
  • 2-3 sheet Silver warq
  • Ghee 2 tablespoons + to deep fry
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  • 2 Black cardamoms
  • 2 Cloves
  • 4 Black peppercorns
  • 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • to taste Salt

Method

  1. Boil basmati rice in four cups of water in a saucepan for fifteen to twenty minutes. Once the rice is cooked drain out the water.
  2. Make peanut sized balls from paneer and wrap them in silver warq and keep aside. Heat ghee in the kadai and deep-fry the cashewnuts.
  3. Drain onto an absorbent paper and keep aside.
  4. Heat three tablespoons of ghee in a kadai, add cumin seeds, black cardamoms, cloves, peppercorns and turmeric.
  5. Sauté for a minute, add rice and salt. Stir, cover and cook till the rice is heated through. Add fried cashewnuts and paneer pearls. Mix lightly.
  6. Serve hot.

Nutrition Info

Calories 2035
Carbohydrates 237.4
Protein 51.4
Fat 97.7
Other Fiber Choline- 273.6mg
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