A Bengali main course dish

Basanti polao

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By TRISHA BOSE

Dec, 28th

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Servings
4 persons
Cook Time
15 minutes
Ingredients
9 - 11

Ingredients

  • Dehradun rice or basmati rice
  • Ghee
  • Cardamom(Elaichi)
  • Bayleaf
  • Cinnamon(Dalchini)
  • Clove
  • Cashews
  • Raisin
  • Sugar
  • Salt
  • Yellow food colour(Polao colour)

Instructions

  • First take a cup(tea cup is also good enough), and take 2 cup of dehradun rice or basmati rice in a bowl and soak it in water for 1-2 hour.
  • Take a pan or kadai, after heating the pan, gave 4 tbsp ghee into it, and add some cashews and raisins and fry for sometime. Then keep it aside.
  • Now in the same kadai, give two bay leaf, 4 cardamom, 4 clove and 1 cinnamon and fry it for 30 seconds.
  • Now add the soaked rice into it and fry for 2-3 mins in medium high flame. Add fried cashews and raisins and also add a little pinch of yellow food colour at that time and most important thing is water.If you take 1 cup of rice the you need 1 1\2 cup water.So Here we have 2 cup of rice then we need 3 cup of water. Now stir well and cover the kadai for 7-8 mins in medium flame.
  • Now after 7-8 mins check your polao that it dries or not if it has a little more water then wait for sometime.now add 1 tsp sugar(polao tastes little sweet) and salt as per taste. Switch off the flame and it's ready for your yummy lunch or dinner. Serve it with your favourite side dish.

Notes/Tips

The most important part of the polao is water, please make sure that you follow the measurement of water as described.