Kashmiri Pulao Recipe | Saffron Rice Recipe | How to Make Kashmiri Pulav with detailed photo and video recipe. Rice is the staple food of the Kashmiri people, and pulao recipes with saffron and dry fruits are the most popular. This flavoured pulao is particularly consumed with meat and tomato onion raita for lunch and dinner. It can also be an excellent lunch box recipe for a working couple or kids’ tiffin boxes.
Kashmiri Pulao Recipe | Saffron Rice Recipe | How to Make Kashmiri Pulav with step-by-step photo and video recipe. Traditionally, pulav recipes are savoury and spicy and cooked with many vegetables. However, this recipe is unconventional, prepared with several dry fruits and raisins, and is generally sweeter. Moreover, like any other Kashmiri recipe, even this exotic pulav contains crushed fennel aroma.
This is one of the rice or pulav recipes I like, even though it is sweeter and not savoury. I do not prefer sweet curries, sweet rice, or breakfast in my day-to-day meals. However, Kashmiri pulao is exceptional, perhaps because of the pistachios, cashews, and raisins. Unfortunately, my husband dislikes this recipe, and he doesn’t like raisins and cashews in pulao and biryani recipes. Hence, I prepare this recipe less often, which could be one reason for posting this popular recipe so late. But whenever I prepare it, I make some spicy curries as a side dish to this pulao. I recommend mirch ka salan, but the choice is open-ended, and veg or meat-based curries can be an excellent option.
Furthermore, here are some essential tips and suggestions for a perfect and aromatic Kashmiri pulav recipe. Traditionally, this pulav recipe does not contain any vegetables. However, this recipe is open-ended, and veggies can be added. Diced carrots, beans, peas and even potatoes can be added. Secondly, I added soaked basmati rice for about 30 minutes, which hastens the cooking process. It also helps to make a moist and flavoured pulao rice. Lastly, for an authentic Kashmiri pulao recipe, always use Kashmiri red chilli powder, which is mild and flavoured. You can also add some green slit chillies to make it mild to medium spicy.
Finally, I want to highlight my other Rice Recipe Collection with this amazing pulao recipe. This mainly includes tawa pulao, veg pulao, palak rice, carrot rice, paneer pulao, jeera rice, matar pulao, pudina rice and curd rice recipe. In addition, do visit my other recipe collections from my blog, like,
About Kashmiri Pulao
A straightforward and flavoured pulao rice recipe prepared with mild spices and long-grain basmati rice. Kashmiri Pulao, also known as saffron rice sweet pulao, is a one-pot meal with basic spices and dry fruits. It can be a perfect party meal or even a potluck rice meal that can please any age group. Even though it has a huge fan following, some do not like it due to its sweet taste. Hence, it is typically served with spicy curry like mirch ka salan or a simple yoghurt spiced raita.
There are many ways to make this tasty and straightforward Kashmiri Pulao Rice Recipe. The most common way is to make it with basic and mild spices, with a sweet and mild spice flavour. This is the authentic way of making the pulao with less or no vegetables. However, it can also be made with vegetables like potatoes, carrots, beans, and peas. In addition, if you wish to make savoury and spicy, you may use basic spices like red chillies, green chillies, and garam masala powder.
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Kashmiri Pulao Recipe | Saffron Rice Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 2 tbsp cashew
- 2 tbsp almonds
- 2 tbsp raisins
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 1 pod black cardamom
- ½ tsp cloves
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 inch ginger, grated
- 1 tsp fennel
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- 2 cup water
- 1 cup basmati rice, soaked
- 1 tsp salt
- few saffron strands
- few pomegranate
Instructions
- Firstly, in a pan, heat 2 tbsp ghee and 2 tbsp cashew, 2 tbsp almonds and 2 tbsp raisins.
- Fry on a low flame till it turns crunchy, keep aside.
- In the same ghee, add 1 inch cinnamon, 1 pod black cardamom, ½ tsp cloves, 1 tsp cumin and 1 bay leaf. Saute till the spices turn aromatic.
- Also add 1 onion, 1 inch ginger and fry till the onion turns golden brown.
- Now add 1 tsp fennel, ½ tsp cardamom powder and saute slightly.
- Further, add 2 cups of water, 1 cup of basmati rice, and 1 tsp of salt. Stir and bring to a boil.
- Now add a few saffron strands, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Once the rice is cooked well, add fried nuts, a few pomegranate seeds, and rest for 5 minutes.
- Finally, enjoy Kashmiri Pulao Recipe topped with fresh pomegranate.
How to Make Kashmiri Pulao with Step-by-Step Photos
- Firstly, in a pan, heat 2 tbsp ghee and 2 tbsp cashew, 2 tbsp almonds and 2 tbsp raisins.
- Fry on a low flame till it turns crunchy, keep aside.
- In the same ghee, add 1 inch cinnamon, 1 pod black cardamom, ½ tsp cloves, 1 tsp cumin and 1 bay leaf. Saute till the spices turn aromatic.
- Also add 1 onion, 1 inch ginger and fry till the onion turns golden brown.
- Now add 1 tsp fennel, ½ tsp cardamom powder and saute slightly.
- Further, add 2 cups of water, 1 cup of basmati rice, and 1 tsp of salt. Stir and bring to a boil.
- Now add a few saffron strands, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Once the rice is cooked well, add fried nuts, a few pomegranate seeds, and rest for 5 minutes. Finally, enjoy Kashmiri Pulao Recipe topped with fresh pomegranate.
Notes
- Firstly, add fried nuts just before serving to retain the crunch.
- Also, adding the cardamom powder enhances the flavour of cardamom more in the pulao.
- You can also add chopped apple or pineapple to the pulao while serving.
- Finally, Kashmiri Pulao Recipe tastes great when made with ghee.
Hi all the dishes very very nice with easy steps iam daily following Hebbars kitchen only.Thank you very much.
Testy & easy thank you
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very useful, nice recipes, useful tips, taste ful food
you are welcome Kirthi
Madam, there is a north Indian curry Jackfruit kofta (kathal kofta), please share that recipe.
I will try to share it. Even I am searching for jackfruit here, but not able to find it.
super duper ma’am. Thanks
you are welcome radha Krishnan