Dry Fruit Pulao

A unique recipe which can be enjoyed occasionally. Its healthy and filling, especially for kids. 

Name:- Dry Fuit Pulao

Ingredients:- 1/2 Kg rice, 50 gm sugar, 50 gm ghee, 100  gm almonds, 50 gm cashew nuts, 25 gm dry grapes (Kishmish), 50 gm walnut (taken out), 1 table spoon salt, 2 bay leaves, one big cinnamon strip, 4 cloves (laung), 6 green cardamom (elaichi)

Note:- Remove tip from cloves, break bay leaves in 3 pieces, break cinnamon in small pieces

Procedure:- 

To make sugar syrup :- Put sugar and little water in a pan n keep it on low heat till all the sugar melts. Keep aside.

Keep the rice soaked for 1/2 hour.  Soak Almonds and dry grapes for 2 hours in lukewarm water.  Soak Walnuts for 1/2 hour.  Peel almonds and cut them long and thin. Also cut Cashew and walnut not into small pieces. Strain water from dry grapes and keep it aside.

Put rice on the heat and bring it to boil. Put more water in the rice. Let the rice boil. Strain excess water once rice is little soft (it should not be cooked fully). Add a spoon of ghee after straining water. Remove rice from the stove once it is 80% cooked. Now take a round utensil and add ghee to it. After ghee is heated reduce the heat and add bay leaves and wait till they are brown. Add Cinnamon, Cloves, Cardamom and stir them a bit till they are a bit fried.

Now add all the dry fruits except Dry grapes.  still them till they are brown. Add rice in portions while stirring properly to mix all the ingredients well. Also add salt and keep adding sugar syrup in portions and keep mixing everything. All Dry grapes too. 

Once all the ingredients are added, keep rice on low flame and cover it well with a heavy lid or place something heavy in the lid not to let steam go out. keep it covered on low flame for 5-8 mins and then remove from the heat. 

Yummy Pulao is all set to be served hot. 

Enjoy!!!