Special Bangalore Pulao Avarekalu Pulao which is again a delicacy from Bangalore.Though it is not a very traditional dish,it has been becoming popular these days in many wedding and function menus.If you are a avarekalu lover you should try this simple yet delicious pulao as avarekalu adds a nice flavor to it. Ingredients: 1 cup Basmati Rice or Jeeraga Samba or regular Rice 1 3/4 cup water 1 cup tender Avarekalu(Hyacinth beans) 8-10 Cashew nuts,split into halves 1 big Onion,sliced 1 Bay leaf 1 Cinnamon 2 Cloves 2 Marathi Moggu 1 green Cardamom Salt to taste 1 1/2 tbsp Ghee 1 1/2 tbsp Oil to grind: 3/4 Ginger 4-5 Garlic pods 3-4 Green chillies 1/3 cup grated Fresh Coconut 1/4 cup Coriander leaves 1/2 Cinnamon 2 Marathi Moggu 1-2 Cloves Method: Wash and soak basmati rice(or other rice what you are using) for 10 mins. Grind all the ingredients under the section to grind to a fine paste by adding little water. Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker and add Biriyani leaf, cinnamon, cardamom, marathi moggu and cloves and fry them for a minute. Add sliced onions and fry until they turn translucent and then add the tender avarekalu and fry them nicely for 2 mins. Add ground masala and fry the mixture until the raw smell disappears. Add washed basmati rice and fry the rice for 2 minutes.Stir it gently. Add the water (1 3/4 cups) and also salt and let it come to a boil.If you are using sona masuri or equivalent increase the water quantity to 2 cups. Pressure cook for 1 whistle and reduce the flame and cook for 8-10 mins. Heat ghee or oil in a small kadai and add cashew nuts and fry them and garnish the pulao with the fried cashew nuts. Serve the pulao hot with Onion-tomato raita or Boondi raita. Notes: If you cannot find Marathi Moggu you can ignore using it but it lends a nice flavor to the pulao. Use fresh and tender Avarekalu for the pulao.If you do not get hold of fresh ones,you can use frozen ones as well. If using Basamati rice, for 1 cup rice you can use 1 3/4 -2 cups of water and if you are using any other rice use 2 - 2 1/4 cups of water for 1 cup of rice.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 07:45:00 +0000
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