Simplest Pulao

Name: Simplest Pulao
Yield: Serves 6 to 8.
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 ½ cups homemade chicken stock or commercial chicken or lamb broth; 6 black peppercorns; 1 cassia leaf or bay leaf; ½ teaspoon Ginger-Garlic Paste; 1 tablespoon ghee or clarified butter; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 2 cups basmati rice, washed; 1 ½ teaspoons salt

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8
.

Appears in

My Bombay Kitchen

By Niloufer Ichaporia King

Published 2007

About

In Parsi cooking, a pulao usually implies rice cooked with meat or fish, but this simple pulao is made with meat stock scented with aromatics. It makes a nice accompaniment to the bhujelu gos or any grilled meat.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups homemade chicken stock or commercial chicken or lamb broth
½ teaspoon Ginger-Garlic

Asia
India
Main course

Method

Place the stock in a small saucepan over medium heat. Unless your stock is made with ginger and garlic, add the paste to the stock and simmer gently about 15 minutes.
Heat the ghee over medium heat in a medium saucepan with a tight-fitting lid. Add the onion, peppercorns, and cassia leaf and cook the onions to the verge of browning, stirring occasionally. Add the ri