Out of the many joys of being a food-blogger, there is no match for the culinary sound bites from friends n relatives ranging from mere ideas to full pledged recipes that are sure party rockers . One such lovely recipe is from my aunt who always gloats about this pulao being the star dish in all her at-home bashes !
I worked on her recipe a little by adding green peas as well as a few strands of saffron.This one-pot meal was very flavorful and had a lovely orange’y aroma wafting for a long time.
One thing that must be remembered is to add the orange peel at the very end , because if added while cooking the rice will carry a slightly bitter taste that may not appeal to all !
Do you know that these yummy citrus fruits is loaded with antioxidants that helps in slowing the ageing genes and enables us to stay young ??
What’s in this rice :-
- Oranges – 2 to 3 – for 1 glass of orange juice
- Green Peas – a fistful
- Onion – 1 large – chopped
- Garlic – 3 to 4 pods – chopped
- Cashewnuts – a few
- Green chillis – 2 – halved & sliced – to taste
- Saffron – a few strands – infused in milk
- Rice – 1 cup – Basmati/or rice of your choice (I used Karnataka Ponni )
- Butter/oil – 1 tbsp
- Fennel seeds – 1 tbsp
- Salt – to taste
- Coriander leaves – a few sprigs – chopped for garnish
- Orange Peel – peel of about 1/2 of an orange – diced – for garnish
- Orange wedges – as required – for garnish – optional
- Water – as required
Here’s how:-
Extract juice from the oranges and set aside. Soak the saffron strands in warm milk for some time. In a wok add butter and let the fennel seeds sizzle. Now add the green chillis & garlic pods and saute. Add the cashew nuts and stir till golden brown. Now add the chopped onions and let it turn a fine pink before adding the green peas. Add the orange juice and water as required along with the saffron infused milk. Once it comes to a boil add the rice and season with salt. Cover and let it simmer till the rice is cooked. Remove the pan from flame , gently fluff the rice adding the orange peel as well as the coriander leaves and serve it hot with choice accompaniments.
This goes to Kalyani’s My Mother’s Kitchen , Savitha’s Veggie/Fruit a Month : Orange event announcement by Priya as well as Kankana’s Hearth & Soul Blog Hop : 52
Mouth watering rice, wonderful flavors. Looks fantastic!
Simply appetizing, love the addition of orange juice and orange peel in them..
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That's an intriguing flavor combo that looks totally delicious!
Lovely looking flavorful rice. Looks fantastic.
wow this is such a flavorful one.. awesome!!
That must b quite flavorful:-) Great combination!!
Just imagining the flavor Priya. awesome.
I have seen many TV Shows(western); they use Orange Juice and grated orange skin in many recipes as we use lemon..
Nice try and flavorful Rice.
Gr8 try with orange..love this flavorful n colourful rice!!
Very unique and flavourful rice Priya, i dont bother to have some rite now..
Delicious.Will try and let you know.
Sounds interesting dear..flavorful and yum rice
this is very much new to me..looks very tempting..you can send any innovative recipe for our "Quick and Easy recipe mela".Please find the rules at http://www.spicytasty.com/misc/quick-and-easy-recipe-mela/
Great flavors here….love it
this is such an innovative dish,who would have ever thought of orange puloa
Super tasty rice… lovely..
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Flavorful and yummy pulao.
Urange peas pulao! What a great combination.
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Yum, what an innovative idea, love it :)