TriColor Rice – Recipe For Republic Day

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Basmati Rice
  • 2 Bay Leaves
  • 4-5 Green Cardamom Pods (Elaichi)
  • 4-5 Clovestricolor_rice
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
  • 1 Carrot  (diced)
  • ½ cup Green Beans (cut into 1/2 inch pieces)
  • ½  cup Green Peas
  • 1 Big Onion (finely chopped)
  • 10-12 Cashew Nuts (lightly fried)
  • ½ cum Paneer Cubes (Indian cottage cheese)
  • 1 3/4 Cups Water
  • ½ Cup Milk
  • Pinch of saffron strands or few drops of  orange food color
  • Green chatni  or few drops of green food color
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tsp Oil
  • 2 tsp Ghee/clarified butter
  • Fresh Coriander leaves to garnish

How To Make Tricolor Rice

  • Wash the rice and soak in cold water for about 1/2 an hour.
  • Heat little oil in a pan, lightly fry chopped onions until light brown. Then add cashew nuts, paneer cubes, diced carrots, chopped green beans, peas and cook.
  • Stir for few minutes and keep aside in a vessel.
  • In the same pan, add rest of the oil.
  • When hot, add bay leaves, cardamoms, cloves and cumin seeds.
  • Wait till dry spices start to crackle.
  • Drain the soaked rice and add to the pan. Stir well to mix. Then add measured water and salt.
  • Divide the milk in two separate bowls and mix the  food colors.
  • Bring it to boil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes over low heat.
  • When all water is about to absorb, put the colors with spoon in the holes which you can see in the rice.
  • After putting the milk mixed with food colors, cover the pan with the lid on low heat and after 5 minutes switch off the gas.
  • After 10 minutes Sprinkle a teaspoon of ghee over the pulao before  transfering the pulao to a serving dish
  • Garnish  with the vegetables  fried paneer cubes, fried onions and cashew nuts and the coriander leaves in tiranga (tricolor) pattern.
  • Serve hot with plain curd or boondi raita.

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