Jodhpuri pulau

Name: Jodhpuri pulau
Yield: Serves 6-8
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 onion; 50 g/2 oz split yellow or red lentils, washed; 100 g/4 oz ghee; 2 bay leaves salt; 3 cloves; 600 g/1 lb 6 oz basmati rice, washed under running water for at least 15 minutes and strained; 2 pieces of cinnamon stick; 4 or 5 green cardamom pods; vegetable oil; 2 black cardamom pods

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd's India

By Keith Floyd

Published 2001

About

This rice dish is traditionally part of a thali selection. Jodhpur, by the way, is the name of an Indian city not polo-playing trousers!

Ingredients

50 g/2 oz split yellow or red lentils, washed
600 g/

Asia
India
Jodhpur; Rajathan
Starter
Main course
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Soak the washed lentils in fresh water for 3 hours and the washed rice for 1 hour.
Cut the onion in half and slice it very finely into half moon shapes. Heat a little oil and fry the slices until they are very crispy, then drain and put to one side.
Strain the soaked lentils and the rice. Heat a little oil and the ghee in a pan or karai, add al