sweet corn pulao
(from Nandini’s recipe box)
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Serves 4 people
Categories: rice recipies, sweet corn
Ingredients
- Rice - 1 cup
- Corn - 1 1/2 cups
- Onion - 1 large
- Bay leaf - 1
- Cinnamon - 1/4 inch piece
- Cloves - 2
- Water - 2 cups
- To grind -
- Cashew nuts - 10
- Tomato - 1
- Ginger - 1/4 inch
- Garlic - 4 pods
- Coriander leaves - 1/2 cup
- Green chillies - 3
- Garam masala - 1 tsp
- Cinnamon - 1/4 inch piece
- Cloves - 2
Directions
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Cook corn and keep it aside. Wash rice and soak in water for a while. Slice the onions into very thin slices.
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Grind Cashew nuts, tomato, ginger, garlic, coriander leaves, green chillies, garam masala, cinnamon and cloves together into a fine paste adding very little water to it.
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Take 4 tsps of oil in a pressure pan and add the cinnamon, clove and bay leaf to it. Saute for few seconds and add the onions to it. Saute till they become transparent. Now pour in the ground mixture and mix well for few mins. Strain the water away from the rice and add it to the pan along with cooked corn. Saute it for another few minutes. Finally add salt and 2 cups of water to it and cook until 3 whistles.
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Sweet corn pulao is ready to serve.
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You can serve this along with onion raitha or potato chips. :)
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Enjoy eating :)