Pineapple cheese pulao

 

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Ingredients: 1.5 cups basmati rice (washed and soaked for at least 10 min), 2 tbsp ghee, 1 cup sliced onion, 1 cup sliced bell peppers ( mixture of red/yellow/green),1 tbsp sliced carrot, 1 cup sliced pineapple (tinned - drain the excess of syrup), 2 cubes of cheese (approx 50 gm), 3-4 tsp freshly ground black pepper, 1 tbsp cumin seeds, 1-2 julienne d green chilli, 2 bay leaves, 2-3 cloves, a cardamom, a stick of cinnamon, salt to taste  

Preparation Time: 25 min (prepares for 4-6)

Recipe: 

1. Cook the rice in a big vessel while continuously stirring intermittently (add some salt while cooking). Once cooked, drain the excess water with the help of sieve and spread the rice on a platter.

2. In the meantime, take a big and deep pan/ kadhai. Add the ghee to it and heat it. To this add cumin seeds. After cracking, add green chilli, bay leaves, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon stick.

3. Now, add onion to this and saute till transparent. After that add the bell peppers and carrots. Saute for 3-4 min till par- cooked. Now add pineapple slices to this and saute for a minute.

4. After this, add the rice to the kadhai. add salt to taste and pepper to it. Mix everything well. Cover with lid and allow cooking on low gas for 5 min. Then turn off the gas.

5. Transfer the rice to glass bowl and grate all the cheese evenly over it. You may as well garnish with more slices of pineapple.. Serve it hot!