Today i have prepared Saffron Rice for our lunch.It came delicious n tasted well.Now days my daughter started eating all types of vegetables.Before she used to have only curd rice and rasam rice.Now i am very happy that she is eating different types of food.Especially she likes chicken biryani..when ever i prepare any veg-pulao she smells the flavour and asks me Amma are doing chiki Buvva..(chicken rice).
Coming to the recipe its easy to prepare and only thing is to soak rice for half an hour.And remaining ingredients will be readily available in every home.
Ingredients:
Basmatic rice-2cups
Onion-2medium
Saffron-1gm
Fried onions-½cup
Ginger garlic paste-1tsp
Green chillies-2nos.
Clove-2nos
Cinnamon-1inch
Cardamom-2nos.
Cumin Pwd-½tsp
Shahi/black jeera-½tsp
Bay leaves
Chopped coriander
Curd-½cup
Milk-3tbsp
Oil-2tbsp
Nuts(Cashew nuts,almond,dry grapes)-2tbsp
Salt to taste
Preparation:
Clean and soak rice for half an hour.Soak saffron in warm milk.
Mean time chop onions and green chillies.Once half an hour is done,drain the rice from water.
Note:(don't throw that water we will be using the same water for cooking the rice)
Heat a non-stick kadai with oil,add all spices along with black jeera.Once the jeera pop up add chopped onions,green chillies and fry till they change there colour.Add ginger garlic paste and fry for few mints till raw smell goes.Add nuts(cashew,dry grapes,almond) and fry for 2mints.
Add curd along with chopped coriander leaves and cook for few more mints.Then add 3cups of water and stir well so that all the ingredients are mixed properly.Add salt and cook with closed lid in order to boil the water.
Once water starts boiling add drained rice and give stir once so that all the mixture is mixed well.close the lid and cook for few mints,then on remove the lid and add fried onions on the top and again close it with a lid.when the rice is getting almost cooked remove the lid add the saffron water in the rice and cook with closed lid for 5mints.
Then switch off the flame and transfer them into a serving bowl and enjoy it.We had it with Potato and Tomato Kurma.
Sending this to "Festive Rice " hosted by Akheela of Torview and to "Cookingwithseeds" hosted by Ayeesha of Taste of Pearl City and event started by Priya of "Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes"
Here are my recipes for the event "BSI-MILK(93rd week)" hosted by Sanyukta
Naan (Indian Bread)
Carrot Halwa
Rava Laadu
Butter Paneer Masala
BANANA MILKSHAKE
Flavorful n sophisticated..Looks Great!!
US Masala
this looks delicious my favourite type of rice
check out the event in my site it is about rice
thank you for sending this delicious rice
Dr.Sameena Prathap
Hi Pavani,
Here for the first time...lovely recipe....
Sameena@
http://www.myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.com
Thank you dear for sending this delicious and flavourful rice to the event. Good to know that your daughter started eating veggies 🙂
Love the recipe for the flavours that went into it.
Great looking, fantastic looking rice..very tempting clicks..
rice looks delicious and very inviting.
Yum! It's very tasty and nice! Slurrp!
Nandini's Food Page
I want to taste this flavorful rice right now 😉 Looks fab. Also your simple chicken fry recipe sounds simple and yummy. Have to try that
Following you....
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
this looks delicious my favourite type of rice..i have been craving to eat this Saffron rice..
http://www.womensera2008.blogspot.com
wow lovely rice... and nice click.
saffron rice looks yummy
rice looks great
Many many Congratulations Pavani for winning the Festive Rice Award !!!!! The saffron rice looks absolutely delicious !!!
very nice space u have 🙂
iam happy to follow u ...