Pulao/ Basanti Pulao/ Sweet Yellow Rice

Name: Pulao/ Basanti Pulao/ Sweet Yellow Rice
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups govindabhog / basmati rice/ flavoured rice; 2 tbsp ghee; 2 bay leaves; 3 cardamoms; 4 cloves; 1/2 inch cinnamon stick; Handful cashews; Handful raisins; 1 tsp turmeric powder; to taste Salt; 2 tbsp sugar

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

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This pulao is one of the very popular colourful sweet rice recipe of Bengal.
It is an aromatic rice dish ,yellow in colour called basanti pulao that makes the dish very inviting, tempting.
The main ingredient of this preparation is an aromatic rice called Govindabhog chal or rice.

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

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Ingredients

10 mints

4 servings

2 cupsgovindabhog / basmati rice/ flavoured rice
2 tbspghee
2bay leaves
3cardamoms
4cloves
1/2 inchcinnamon stick
Handfulcashews
Handfulraisins
1 tspturmeric powder
to taste Salt
2 tbspsugar

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Steps

10 mints

1

Wash the rice nicely & soaked it for 10 to 15 mints (coated with turmeric powder).
2

In a pan put the ghee.Once it heats up add the bay leaves, cardamom pods, cinnamon stick,cloves.
3

Once they get aromatic add the cashews & fry till changes it's colour to light brown, then add the raisins.
4

Then add the rice,turmeric powder & stir well & mix it well with other ingredients.
5

Add salt, sugar,hot water double the rice.Let it boil,lower the flame & cover it.Cook it till the rice is done.
6

Serve hot with mutton kosa or any other of your choice.