Tiranga Pulao (Tri-color rice)

Name: Tiranga Pulao (Tri-color rice)
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cups basmati or long grain rice; 1 cup oil; 3 tsp ginger garlic paste; 3 small onions finely shopped; 1 cup chopped caulifower; 1 cup paneer cubed; 1 tbsp curd; to taste salt and pepper; 1 cup grated carrot; 1 cup tomato puree; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp sugar; to taste salt; 1 cup palak puree with green chilli; 1 cup boiled green peas; 1 tsp lemon juice; to taste salt; cashews and fresh shreded coconut for white rice; raisins and and fresh tomato for orange rice; pistachio and lemon slice for green rice

Surekha Dongargaonkar @sdsurekha53

My recipe is inspired by the Indian tricolor flag. The simplicity, yet deliciousness of the recipe makes it one of my most loved recipes. My grandkids also enjoy various flavors and colors in the rice.

For my recipe video - youtu.be/m0mTfNs8RWc

Surekha Dongargaonkar @sdsurekha53

For my recipe video - youtu.be/m0mTfNs8RWc

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Ingredients

1 hour

6 servings

3 cupsbasmati or long grain rice
1 cupoil
3 tspginger garlic paste
3small onions finely shopped
For white rice
1 cupchopped caulifower
1 cuppaneer cubed
1 tbspcurd
to tastesalt and pepper
For orange rice
1 cupgrated carrot
1 cuptomato puree
1 tspred chilli powder
1 tspsugar
to tastesalt
For green rice
1 cuppalak puree with green chilli
1 cupboiled green peas
1 tsplemon juice
to tastesalt
Garnish
cashews and fresh shreded coconut for white rice
raisins and and fresh tomato for orange rice
pistachio and lemon slice for green rice

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Steps

1 hour

1

Cook the rice. Option to temper it with ghee and whole spices (cardomom, cloves, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves and black pepper). Divide it in to three equal parts.
2

For white rice: Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan. Saute onions until soft. Add ginger garlic paste and cook until there is no raw smell. Add cauliflower and cook till soft. Add Paneer, salt, pepper, curd and sugar. Let it cook until dry and then add one portion of the rice and mix properly. Pan fry for a couple of minutes and set aside.
3

For Orange rice:Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan. Saute onions until soft. Add ginger garlic paste and cook until there is no raw smell. Add grated carrots untill soft and then add tomato puree, sugar, salt and red chilli powder. Saute until tomato leaves oil and then add another portion of the rice. Mix evenly and pan fry for a couple of minutes. Set aside.
4

For green rice: Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan. Saute onions until soft. Add ginger garlic paste and cook until there is no raw smell. Add palak puree and cook it for a few minutes. Add peas, lemon juice, salt and sugar. Once the puree dries, add the remaining rice and mix evenly. Pan fry for another minute and set aside.
5

Garnish and serve hot.