This very colourful pulao recipe, or mixed rice from Kashmir, North Indian. This is a Kashmiri rice dish and is made with various nuts,fruits, assorted spices.
This dish is different from the normal pulao’s as it is not spicy. On the other hand, it is slightly sweet in taste.There are many versions of this pulao. What stands out in Kashmiri Pulao is safforn and fennel seeds. Usually whole garam masala spices are used as it is, if you don’t prefer then you can avoid it. I personally prefer using it, because it gives you nice flavour to rice.
This colorful pulav/pulao is served on special occasions like birthdays, weddings and so on.It’s a great recipe to prepare and eat together as a family. It’s also extremely kid-friendly. This dish can be best eaten with paneer-based gravies.
So pulao lover come lets learn how to prepare this delicious recipe! Enjoy!
Ingredients :
Basmati Rice : 2 cups
Safforn Strands : 1/2 tsp
Warm Milk : 1 tbsp
Cloves : 3 nos
Cinnamon : 1 inch stick
Cardamom : 4 pods
Bay leaf : 1
Black Cumin /Shahi Jeera /Karinjeerakam : 1/4 tsp
Pineapple : 1 cup (chopped into small cubes)
Cherries : 1 cup
Grapes (seedless) : 1/2 cup
Orange Juice : 1/2 cup
Tutty Fruity : 1 cup (optional)
Black Pepper Powder : 1 tsp
Pinenut : 2 tbsp
Cashews : 2 tbsp
Raisins /Unakka Munthiri : 2 tbsp
Coriander Leaves : 1/2 bunch (chopped)
Ghee or Butter /Ney or Venna : 4 tbsp
Salt to taste
Basmati Rice : 2 cups
Safforn Strands : 1/2 tsp
Warm Milk : 1 tbsp
Cloves : 3 nos
Cinnamon : 1 inch stick
Cardamom : 4 pods
Bay leaf : 1
Black Cumin /Shahi Jeera /Karinjeerakam : 1/4 tsp
Pineapple : 1 cup (chopped into small cubes)
Cherries : 1 cup
Grapes (seedless) : 1/2 cup
Orange Juice : 1/2 cup
Tutty Fruity : 1 cup (optional)
Black Pepper Powder : 1 tsp
Pinenut : 2 tbsp
Cashews : 2 tbsp
Raisins /Unakka Munthiri : 2 tbsp
Coriander Leaves : 1/2 bunch (chopped)
Ghee or Butter /Ney or Venna : 4 tbsp
Salt to taste
How to make Kashmiri Pulao – Pulav :
1. Wash and soak basmathi rice in water for 1/2 hour and cook the rice with salt till the grains are well done yet separate. Turn off the heat and set aside.
2. Soak the saffron in a tbsp of warm milk.
3. In heavy bottomed pan pour the ghee, add all whole gram masalas (cloves,cinnamon,cardamom,bayleaves,shahi jeera) and saute for minute.
4. Add pine-nut,cashews,and raisins (Note : Keep few for garnishing) and saute for couple of minutes now add the chopped pineapple,black pepper powder,salt to taste,tutty fruity,and cherries; combine well.
5. Add orange juice and mix well and allow to boil.
6. Add the cooked rice, half of the chopped coriander leaves and gently mix.
7. Cover and cook for 1-2 mins on low flame and remove from the fire and fluff it with fork and add the saffron milk mixture.Keep it covered for the flavors to blend.
4. Add pine-nut,cashews,and raisins (Note : Keep few for garnishing) and saute for couple of minutes now add the chopped pineapple,black pepper powder,salt to taste,tutty fruity,and cherries; combine well.
5. Add orange juice and mix well and allow to boil.
6. Add the cooked rice, half of the chopped coriander leaves and gently mix.
7. Cover and cook for 1-2 mins on low flame and remove from the fire and fluff it with fork and add the saffron milk mixture.Keep it covered for the flavors to blend.
8. Garnish with fried nuts and chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot and Enjoy!
Notes :
- Do not reheat after adding fruits.
- If you want to make it very rich you can add cream instead of orange juice while cooking.Just replace 1/2 cup of cream for 1/2 cup of orange juice.Keep in mind, do not add too much of cream, it will be very heavy.
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Cheers!
Sangeetha
Thank you everyone for your lovely comments, I really appreciate your time. You all rock my world!!!
So colorful and delectable…!! Ahh, so you are back now, I can continue enjoying ur wonderful posts!! Keep rocking' buddy..
Colorfull and delectable pulao Sangeetha. Looks so inviting
Da ethoru adipoli dish thanne.ithu mathram mathiyallo!
Thanks everyone for dropping by and leaving ur lovely comments it really makes me very happy reading each one of ur comments 🙂
Looks very rich with all those nuts and very colorful too..
my favorite, dear…looks really tempting n delicious!
Superb!! it is looking so so mouth watering..so colorful! Simply awesome..
Super sangee…..kothiyavunu…adipoli…nice color..
Oh my so colorful and Yummmm. Adding orange juice is new to me…will try it next time…Thanks fro sharing Sangee :).
Mouthwatering pulav recipe.Perfect for kids na
I haven't been here in a while and now I see kashmiri pulao! 🙁 You owe me a keyboard now, I've drooled all over this one.
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kandittu kothiyavunnu……..very vry colorful……
Beautiful and love the swwet ingridients in them too.
hello sangeetha….kashmiri pulao looks fabulous…multitude of colors with nice flavoring…congrats..
Kashmiri puluao..kashmiripole thanne colorful..luks delicious.Awesome pic:)
Adipoli… looks very colourful and rich.
looks so rich and mouth-watering.
wow so colourful and just so perfect with full of nuts and flavours…
wow! colourful and rich in flavour.kothiyavunnu enikku ..
adipoli.. i m planning to make this next week…..superb aayittu undu keto 🙂
Such a colourful pulao and nice click
Wow! Pretty pulao! With those fruits and nuts….mmmmmmm!!!!
adipoli da…looks colourful and delicious…
Wow…Sangeetha the Pulav looks so inviting…wish coulc taste it….lovely presentation…
Hey Sangee
Adipoliayitundalloooo….rich colorful & delicious recipes..I haven't made it for a while now..you've just given me the inspiration 🙂
what a colorful pulao…Kidilam…
looks so colorful and yummy! Awesome one…
This pulao sounds wonderful with all the fruits and cashews!
what a colourful pulao……Love the click
Very pretty to look at and surely kids friendly like you have labelled it. Will have to try it.
Wow very rich and colorful pulav…looks very tempting 🙂
Wowwww…such ravishing, colorful Pulao…was only able to see half the picture…may be some internet problem..but I can deal anything for that pulao…
wooow!!such a lovely colorful rice,,,,looks mouth watering…
looking yummy and colorful
This rice looks so very colourful .Nice dish.
Colourful pulao
Dear Sangeetha
This is awesome…I dont know from where you got the name kashmiri Pulao for this dish..Kashmiris cant cook this ..But as I always say " Whats in a name? cook and enjoy" . It is my long desire to post a kashmiri food festival, the traditional ones…I am sending this one to my daughteer who has gone on me , on cooking
best wishes
Now thats a lovely kashmiri pulao with so many exotic spices and fruits! Yummy!!!!
Such a colorful and delicious rice,liked the addition of orange juice,will try soon..
Hello Kothiyavunu,
very beautiful salad.
Very rich and colourful pulao looks yummy and tempting..
So very colorful..what an edible beauty! Certainly a feast for the eyes my dear! I so wanna go to Kashmir now and to see what all it has to offer..but with terrorists running amok I won't be going there afterall. :(.
love this pulao…thanks for reminding about this dish Sangee…kure naalayi kazhichiyyu 🙂
Looks sooooooooooooooo colorful and yummy dear…
Very beautiful……. Very Kashmiri…. I see the entire Kashmir here in that bowl….. I have saved it too for my future encounter…. KUDOS!!!!
Ash….
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Looks so colorful and also very rich in taste. Nice tempting pic 🙂
super duper too..kanditu kothi vanitu vayya.very very colourful
yum! I love how colorful this is!
So colorful and so much flavor just like Kashmir where it comes from. Great post, photos are fab.