Category: Middle Eastern/Arabian

February 22nd, 2021

2/22/2021

Ingredients

How to make it

Wash and soak rice in water for 10 minutes before cooking.
preferably use Basmati Rice

Make the pulao mix ready.

Heat Oil in a shallow cooking pot
Add onions and cook on medium heat until they turn light brown but not dark brown
. Add all the dry ingredients and mix well. Turn the stove off. Make sure it does not burn.
Boil 10 cups of water Add 2-3 TSP of salt.
Add rice to the boiling water. Let it boil approximately 7 minutes or until rice breaks but does not breaks on touching. Thats the critical part rice should not be over cooked.
Drain Rice and set aside
Turn the stove back on low heat and place the pan with pulao ingredients on it
Slowly spread rice over the pulao mix
drop food coloring.drops over the rice. Do not mix anything yet. Cover the rice with double sheet of paper towel and
Cover the pan with air tight lid.
Keep the stove on on very low heat for additional 7 minutes. (Punjabi way keep on dum:)
Just before serving, Remove the lid, Discard paper towel.
Slowly bring the bottom pulao mix up. Repeat couple of time until you see everything looks like the shown video clip

*key is to be very gentle. Rice should not break.
*Serve with Butter Chicken or Beef Steaks

2/7/2021

Ingredients

How to Make it:

Three ways to make it

Pressure Cooker

a. Transfer all the ingredients to a pressure cooker . Add 1/2 cup of water and pressure cook for 7 minutes. After opening the pressure cooker check the meat if its tender by pulling it apart with a fork. Does not need it to be very soft because it will break. Cook little more until all the water is evaporated. Now add canola oil. until all is mixed well.
Garnish with cilantro and Serve with Mint Chutney and Tandoori Naan.

Instant Pot

Transfer everything to a Instant pot and follow directions for the beef slices. When meat is tender and water evaporated add oil and cook for one minute until all the oil is mixed well
Garnish with cilantro and Serve with Mint Chutney and Tandoori Naan.

Bake

Preheat oven at 375
Lay all the meat on a greased baking sheet and bake for 30-40 minutes depending on the thickness of the beef slices. Once beef is tender. Check by pulling apart with
Garnish with cilantro and Serve with Mint Chutney and Tandoori Naan.