Kashmiri Pulao

Kashmiri Pulao is a well known dish. It is a dish which is very mild with sweetish flavor & is accompanied with a side dish to make it complete. 

Prep Time-10mins 

Cook Time-20mins 

Serves-2People

Ingredients
1/2Cup raw quinoa {1Cup raw rice}
1/2Tsp sugar
1&1/2Cup water {2Cups water for rice}
1Tbs ghee / butter 
Salt to taste
Masala Ingredients
1Inch cinnamon
2Tsp shahjeera
1Bay leaf
2Cardamon 
2Cloves
2Tsp fennel / Fennel powder
For garnish
1Tbs ghee / butter
1Onion sliced thin
2Tbs raisins
2Tbs cashew nuts
2Tbs chopped almonds

Directions 

- Heat pan with ghee. To that add add the above masala ingredients & fry them for few seconds.
- To that add sugar, quinoa follow by water. Cook till the quinoa is cooked perfect. 
- Now add salt & switch off heat.
- Heat a pan with ghee to that add the dry nuts & raisins. Fry them to light brown & transfer them to a plate.
- To the same pan add sliced onions & fry them to golden. 
- Mix up the dry fruits & onion with quinoa.
- Serve warm with raita & any side dish.
Note
- Use as many fruits you want. Pineapples, pomegranate seeds, grapes, sliced oranges are few I love to add.
- Some recipes added sugar & few didn't. So I made a peace with adding sugar as I liked it to be mildly sweet. 

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