Ingredients for Prawns Pulav (Chemmeen Pulav):
1. Biryani rice – 3.5 cups
2. Ghee – ½ cup
3. Cinnamon – 1 piece
Cloves – 6
Cardamom – 6
4. Salt – As required
5. Hot water – 7 cups
For Prawns Masala:
6. Oil – ½ cup
7. Onions – 4, chopped
Tomatoes – 2, chopped
Green chillies – 6, split into two
Ginger – 1-inch piece chopped
Garlic – 1 bulb, chopped
8. Prawns cleaned – ½ kg
Salt – As required
9. Curd – ¼ cup
How to prepare Prawns Pulav (Chemmeen Pulav)?
1. Wash rice and drain off excess water.
2. Heat ghee and splutter ingredients no: 3.
3. Add rice and fry for 5 minutes.
4. Add salt and hot water and allow to boil.
5. Close the lid and cook on a low flame.
6. When rice is well-cooked, the water content should be fully absorbed.
7. Heat oil and sauté ingredients no: 7.
8. When the contents are well sauted, mix well by adding prawns and salt.
9. When prawns are half-cooked, add curd and cook for 2 minutes.
10. Then boil till the water content is fully evaporated.
11. Mix cooked rice with this prawn mixture and serve hot.
Recipe Source: Vanitha Magazine February 15-29, 2012
You can check yet another Prawn Pulao recipe here, published in 2012.
Read a few more Pulao recipes here. Here is the page link. Click on the images in the gallery to read.
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