Meat Pulao Recipes

AFGHANI KABLI PULAO

Steps:

• Soak the rice in cool water for 5 minutes. Rinse until water runs clear.
• Place 4 cardamom pods on a cutting board and lightly crush using the flat side of a knife; transfer to a pressure cooker. Add halved onion, garlic head, 4 cloves, 1 teaspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon cumin seed, salt, sugar, cinnamon stick, paprika, and coriander seeds. Pour in water to cover.
• Seal pressure cooker lid and turn heat to high. Cook until pressure cooker whistles once, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Wait for 2 more whistles, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and allow pressure to release naturally, about 10 minutes.
• Strain broth into a bowl. Clean out the pressure cooker and heat it over medium heat. Add oil and chopped onion; cook and stir until softened and browned, about 7 to 10 minutes. Add carrots; cook until soft, about 3 minutes more. Add raisins, almonds, and strained rice. Add remaining 1 teaspoon black pepper, remaining 1 teaspoon cumin seed, and remaining clove.
• Crush remaining cardamom seed to a powder and add to the pressure cooker. Mix to combine; pour in enough broth to cover the rice.
• Increase heat to high and seal the pressure cooker. Cook until the first whistle, 5 to 7 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Cook for 5 minutes and remove from heat. Let rest for 7 minutes; release the pressure naturally, about 10 minutes. Transfer cooked rice to a serving dish immediately to prevent overcooking.

PULAO

Steps:

• Thoroughly rinse the rice in a fine-mesh sieve until the water running under the sieve looks clear. Soak the rice in water in a medium bowl for 15 to 20 minutes - close to the time it'll take for you to assemble the other ingredients and cut the vegetables. Drain the rice, ensuring there isn't any excess water dripping off the grains (this will result in mushy pulao).
• In a medium Dutch oven, melt the ghee over medium heat. Add the cumin seeds, and once they start to brown and dance around in the oil, about a minute, turn the heat down to low and add the remainder of the spices (black peppercorns, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, cloves, cardamom, turmeric). Cook, stirring, for another minute, until fragrant, turn the heat back up to medium and add the vegetables and rice. Toss to coat everything in the oil and spices, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are just beginning to soften, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the salt and 2 cups water and bring to a boil over high heat. Once it's boiling, turn the heat down to low, cover and cook for about 15 minutes (if your burner is small, this could be more like 20 minutes). Then, remove from the heat and let the pulao sit, undisturbed and still covered, for 10 minutes. Uncover and gently mix. Serve with papad, yogurt and achaar or simply drizzle with ghee.

MEAT PULAO

Steps:

• Marinate the meat in the ginger paste, garlic paste, raw papaya paste (tenderiser), curd, salt and garam masala for atleast 2 hours.
• Fry 1/2 the onions slices in a little ghee.
• When brown add the green chillies and then the marinated meat.
• When browned put 1/2 a cup of water and cook almost done.
• Now heat the rest of the ghee and add the whole spices to it.
• Then add the onion and saute till they are golden brown.
• Add the chopped coriander and mint leaves and stir sry.
• Add the rice, washed and drained.
• Add the lime juice and stir.
• add some salt if reqd.
• Add the meat without the gravy and mix well.
• Now add a little water to the gravy and measure 5.
• 5 cups and add to the mixture of rice and meat.
• Bring to a boil.
• Stir once and then cover and simmer till all the rice is absorbed and you cannot see any liquids when you tilt the vessel and holes form at the surface in the rice.
• Serve hot with a raita.