Detailed step wise Navratan Pulao | Navratna Pulao Recipe with photos
As the name says is a rich pulao with nine gems. Gems here are of course not the literal gems but the variety of dry fruits and vegetables which are no less than the actual gems 😊. This recipe consists of the richness of desi ghee and the aromatic flavors of the whole spices which give it a royal taste.
This Navratan Pulao | Navratna Pulao Recipe can be a really good option to serve for a dinner party at home or a friends’ get-together.This is a delicious recipe and healthy at the same time because of a good amount of veggies & dry fruits and is a complete meal in itself.
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Here is the detailed step wise Navratan Pulao | Navratna Pulao Recipe :
🍴 Time to Prep 20 minutes
⏰Time to cook 10 minutes
🍛 Servings 2-3
👩 Author Ruchika
🍲 Cuisine Indian
♨ Course Bakery/Dessert
Ingredients:
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1 medium sized onion (chopped)
- 2-3 green chillies (slit)
- 2-4 garlic cloves (chopped or crushed)
- 2 small cinnamon sticks (dalchini)
- 1 tablespoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 2 black cardamoms (badi elaichi)
- 2-3 green cardamoms (chhoti elaichi)
- 3-4 cloves (laung)
- 1/4 cup cottage cheese cubes
- 1/2 cup mixed dry fruits (almonds/badaam, cashew nuts/kaju, raisins/kishmish)
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds or muskmelon seeds
- 1 small sized capsicum (chopped)
- 1/4 cup boiled sweet corn kernels
- 1/4 cup boiled green peas
- 1 medium sized carrot (chopped)
- Salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon red chilli powder (optional)
- 1 tablespoon garam masala powder
- 2 tablespoons saffron milk (kesar milk)
- 4-5 tablespoons desi ghee (to shallow fry the dry fruits and to make tadka for the pulao)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- Water to cook rice
Notes/ Tips to Follow:
- We can add more vegetables to the pulao like cauliflower, potatoes, broccoli, french beans etc.
- The quantity every dry fruit can be increased or decreased as per individual’s choice like you can increase the quantity of raisins if you like it that way or decrease cashews & so on. Additionally we can add pistachios & walnuts as well.
- This rice has to be cooked preferably in desi ghee as it pulls out the real aroma of rice & all the gems.
- Rice has to be cooked separately and extract the starch (save it for later use in gravies or kneading the dough or applying on the shirt collars etc.) This process will separate the rice grains from each other and won’t let them stick together.
Step wise recipe for Navratan Pulao:
1. Wash rice thoroughly with running water and soak for 10-15 minutes.
2. Now, take soaked rice in a pan. Add a black cardamom, a green cardamom, a cinnamon stick, a tablespoon oil. Add 2-3 cups of water and cook for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally and keep a check until rice is cooked. Do not over cook.Strain the excess starch and keep for later use.
3. Now, take 2 tablespoons of desi ghee in a kadhai and add the dry fruits. Stir gently and sauté for a minute. Avoid the dry fruits to get burnt.
4. Take the dryfruits out on a tissue paper once turn crunchy.
5. Now, add paneer cubes to the desi ghee and fry until golden brown. Keep flipping the paneer cubes to avoid burning.
6. Further, take another kadhai and add 2 tablespoons of desi ghee. Add 1 tablespoon cumin seeds, cinnamon sticks, 2 cloves, 1 black cardamom. Allow them to crackle and turn aromatic.
7. Add chopped onions, garlic and 2 slit green chillies and sauté for a minute until onions turn golden brown.
8. Add chopped capsicums & carrots & mix well.
9. Now add boiled green peas & sweet corn kernels, salt, garam masala & red chilli powder. Mix well and cook until all the veggies are well coated with spices.
10. Now, add cooked rice to the veggies and mix. Then add 2 spoons of saffron milk and mix again well. (to make saffron milk take lukewarm milk in a bowl and add 5-6 strands of saffron. Keep for 5 minutes and then add it to the cooked rice).
11. Now, add fried dry fruits & cottage cheese cubes to the rice and mix gently to avoid paneer cubes to break.
12. Our rich, royal, flavorful Navratan pulao is ready. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves & pumpkin seeds and serve hot. Enjoy with curd or raita or any gravy of your choice.
