Yellow Pulao

It's an quick an easy pulao that goes with any mutton, chicken or paneer preparation as well as aloo dum so well.
Ingredients (2-3 servings):

• Long grain basmati rice, 1 cup
• Turmeric powder, 1 and 1/2 tsp
• Yellow food colour, 1/2 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Sugar, 1 tbsp
• Refined oil (I used soybean oil), 4 tbsp
• Ghee, 2 tsp ( I do not prefer much ghee, so I limited the quantity, but you can increase it if you want)
• Cinnamon stick ( Dalchini), 1"
• Green cardamom, 3
• Bay learf, 1 large
• Cloves, 3-4
• Cashews, 1 handfull ( broken into halves)

Methods:

Clean rice and soak in water for 15 minutes, mix turmeric powder and food colour in water to let the rice absorb colour
After 15 minutes if you spoon out some rice you will find it coloured.

Now in a cooker heat oil and ghee and temper with bay leaf, cloves , cinnamon and cardamoms.

Strain rice and store water for later use. Toss rice in oil for 2-3 minutes, add salt and sugar as per your taste. Meanwhile add cashews and toss along with rice.
Now add the coloured water + if  you need more. For one cup of rice add 1 and 1/2 cup water. Stir and lock the lid. Keep the flame low. Cook upto 4 whistles and turn off the flame. Let the pressure release.
As the pressure goes down unlock the lid and transfer the pulao to your serving bowl.
That was all!!!

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