Weekend Wrap-up!
Had an interesting weekend.
Watched the movie Life of Pi - 3D .. Loved it .. :)
Gather your stuff
Watched the movie Life of Pi - 3D .. Loved it .. :)
Been to the dentist ... hated it .. :(
Tried to make some Veg Pullav and satisfied with the outcome ... :)
So with 2 :) ...it was over-all a :) weekend ... :) :)
I'm no cooking wiz .. infact i'm a lousy cook .. so feels funny to be putting these recipes ... :)
Try them at your own risk .. :) :)
About the Pullav recipe .. i'm mighty impressed by a couple of shows on the traveler channels .. so decided to go with the 'from scratch' approach for the spices. Well I was not really confident to pull it all till the end so finally added just a dash of biryani masala .. :D .. what would i do without them?? ..
Gather your stuff
- Cut veggies like carrots, cauliflower, onions and peas
- Collect spices like laung-elaichi, ginger-garlic, pepper and bay-leaf
- Malai (cream) and kaju, badam, pista (dry-fruits) - let's make it "shahi" (meaning royal)
- Heat some oil. I use the cooker directly. saves time and fuel .. :)
- Add the individual spices one-by-one. Using these directly sure bring out a subtle flavor
- After roasting it for some time, add the cut veggies and again roast it till the veggies become tender
- Add some malai .. at this point my confidence fails and i add a little bit of biryani masala .. :D
- Finally add the rice (soaked for 15-20 mins prior to using it - not sure why they do this .. lol)
- Top it with dry-fruits (i prefer them pressure cooked) and some saffron .. gives that beautiful color
- Close the lid and cook (for 20 mins) and you are done ..
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