Pulao is one of the most favored rice dishes within India. The locals love the taste of water soaked within rice, and add different items to the dish to make it even better. Here we look at a new variant of the famous pulao and make an interesting dish through the addition of prawns to the recipe. Pulao lovers will find the dish extremely luscious, and will appreciate the flavors of rice with prawns.
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Health Benefits
Pulao is considered to have a wide variety of nutrients including proteins, carbohydrates and saturated fats. These nutrients can be useful for body growth.
Ingredients
heads of tiger prawn: 10
cups of water: 10
teaspoon of red chili powder: 2
teaspoon of turmeric powder: 1
salt to taste
tiger prawns: 10
teaspoon of garlic and ginger paste: 1 1/2
teaspoon of turmeric powder: 1/2
teaspoon of chili powder: 3 1/4
teaspoon of vegetable oil: 3
cup of vegetable oil: 3
green cardamoms: 9
cinnamon sticks: 2
chopped onions: 4
chopped green chilies: 3
tablespoon of coriander powder: 1
tomatoes: 3
grated coconut: 1 cup
water
cups of soaked rice: 4
cups of prawn stock: 8
lime juice
mint
coriander
salt to taste
How To Make Prawn Pulao
- Boil the prawn heads I water and add turmeric and salt.
- Let the heads boil for 20 minutes, and strain the liquid after that.
- Coat the prawns with the mixed marinade ingredients and let them marinate for half an hour.
- Heat the oil inside a pan and add cinnamon sticks and green cardamom.
- Add some aromatics.
- Sauté onions till brown
- Add green chilies and cook
- Add ginger and garlic paste and stir
- Add all powdered spices
- Add coriander and turmeric powder.
- Add tomatoes and some water
- Now add grated coconut and stir.
- Gently pour the rice
- Turn the heat up
- Cover and cook the rice.
- Add the marinated prawns once done. Let it cook for 5 minutes and then garnish.
Trivia
Pulao is one of the most famous dishes in the Indian cuisine and seems to have inspired the Hyderabadi biryani.