Bashonti Pulao (Basanti Pulao)

Name: Bashonti Pulao (Basanti Pulao)
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: as required
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup rice (preferably Gobindo Bhog chaal or Ambe Mor); 1 cup & 1/4th cups hot water; 2-3 tbsp Sugar; as per taste Salt; 2 tbsp grated ginger; as requried Ghee; 1 tbsp cashews; 1 tbsp raisins; 1 dried red chilli; 1 bay leaf; 2 green cardomom; 1 cinammon stick; As required Turmeric powder

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

New Delhi

It's an authentic traditional Bengali cuisine. It's a kind of flavourful sweet rice. There are various versions and techniques of cooking this pulao. But this is one of the most simple technique to cook this authentic delicacy. So lets check it out.

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

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Ingredients

2 hours approx

as required

1 cuprice (preferably Gobindo Bhog chaal or Ambe Mor)
1 cup& 1/4th cups hot water
2-3 tbspSugar
as per taste Salt
2 tbspgrated ginger
as requried Ghee
1 tbspcashews
1 tbspraisins
1dried red chilli
1bay leaf
2green cardomom
1cinammon stick
As required Turmeric powder

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Steps

2 hours approx

1

Wash the rice, strain and dry it. Then add 1 tbsp of ghee, 1 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tbsp grated ginger. Massage it and keep it covered. Now rest it for an hour.
2

Heat a pan add a tsp of ghee to it and fry the dry-fruits. Now keep this aside.
3

After an hour, in the same pan, add 2 tbsp of ghee. When the ghee becomes hot, add green cardomom, cinammon stick, dried red chilli, bay leaf. Add 1 tbsp of ginger. Fry them for about 30 secs. Then add the marinated rice to it.
4

Add the fried cashews & raisins to it. Combine everything and fry it for a while, roughly around 2 to 3 mins on a low flame. Now add hot water to it.
5

Add salt and sugar, as per your taste. But remember, the sugar content should be little high as it is a sweet pulao. Cover the pan & cook it on a low flame until it's done. Donot use spatula in-between. When the water dries out, add 2 tbsp of ghee, mix it gently and serve hot with any non-veg dishes of your choice, may it be chicken or mutton.