Pulau Rice
Pulau is beautifully fragrant rice or a
combination of rice and meat, poultry, fish
or vegetables. It is always cooked in pure
butter, fat ghee, but unsalted butter is also
a good substitute.
Ingredients:
275g basmati rice 50g ghee or unsalted butter
1 large onion, finely sliced
2 or 4 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
8 whole cloves
8 green cardamoms split open
2 cinnamon sticks, 2 inches long
8 whole peppercorns
1 tsp ground turmeric
570 ml water
1 1/4 tsps salt or to taste
1 heaped tsp butter
25 g seedless sultanas
25 g flaked almonds
To make Pulau Rice
Using a spoon of butter lightly fry the sultanas
and flaked almonds and keep it aside for garnishing.
In a deep pan place the oil, ghee or butter.
When hot add the cloves of garlic, cloves, cardamom,
cinnamon and peppercorns and sliced onion.
When the onion is translucent, add turmeric,
the washed and drained rice and the measured
amount of water.
Cover and cook until all the water is absorbed.
When the rice is cooked and the dry, switch off
the stove. Allow it to remain till it is cooled
a little.
In a serving dish arrange the rice and then
garnish it with curry leaves, coriander leaves
and fried almonds and sultanas. It is ready
to be served.
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