Potli Pulao
Rice · Easy · 3,832 views
Ingredients
Directions
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1
In a large pan or pressure cooker add meat, garlic, ginger, coriander powder, salt, cumin seeds.
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Cut the onion in large pieces, add it as well.
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Take a muslin cloth or any disposable kitchen towel and put all the spices (black pepper, black cardamom, coriander seeds, dried red chili, cinnamon, cloves) into it.
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Tie it up and put it into the meat.
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Add 5 cups of water in the pot, cover the pot, let the meat cook on medium to high heat.
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Wash and soak the rice for about 20 minutes.
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Add oil in another pan/ pateela.
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Thinly slice remaining onions and let them fry in the oil on medium heat until they changes their color to nice brown.
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When the meat in the pressure cooker gets tender remove the potli/cloth with spices from the meat.
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Take out the meat now and add it to the onions.
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Fry it on a high heat for almost 10 minutes or until it turns to a nice dark red color.
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Add the green chilies in it.
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Measure the remaining water in which meat cooked and if it is less add simple water in it as we need about 7 cups of water for our quantity of rice.
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Add this stock to the meat and let it boil.
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Taste the salt at this stage and adjust it as per your taste. Remember the sauce at this stage should be a bit salty from your normal taste because after adding rice, the rice will soak the extra salt.
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When the water starts boiling strain the rice and add in it. Let the rice cook on medium high flame till water remain half to 1 inch above the rice.
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Take a kitchen towel, cover the lid with it and put the rice to steam cook (dam) for 20-25 minutes on very low flame.
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After 20 minutes open the cover and serve the rice.
