Recipe: Corn Pulao

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cups Sweet corn kernels
  • 250 gm of Basmati rice
  • 2 tbsp ghee
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tsp of salt
  • 2 tsp of olive oil
  • 5 gm of cumin seed
  • 4 green chillies
  • 2 cups of hot water
  • 8 flakes of cloves
  • 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste
  • 1/2 tsp of pepper corn
  • 3 Tbsp of chopped coriander leaves
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Sautéed diced chopped bell pepper
  • 2 tsp of lime juice

Procedure:

  • Rinse basmati rice and soak it in water for at least 15-20 mins.
  • Green chilli, coriander leaves to make a fine paste. Take a pan add olive oil.
  • Once the oil is hot add cumin seeds, cloves, bay leaf, pepper corn, sliced onion, slit green chillies, ginger garlic paste and the above coconut paste.
  • Sauté well, and then add corn kernels. Drain the rice and add it to the pan. Keep stirring.
  • Add hot water, little salt and cook for 15mins. Once the rice is 3/4th done add lime juice.
  • Finally garnish with sautéed diced red and yellow bell pepper, grated coconut and chopped coriander leaves. .Serve with cucumber raita.