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Kavya Cherakulam

Prawns Pulao Recipe

5 from 2 votes
Prawns Pulao is a one-pot meal which is not only simple yet very delicious and full of flavours and a blend of taste of all ingredients cooked together. Prawns are marinated and cooked in onions and tomato bases with Indian spices and herbs. In the same pot, we cook the basmati rice, the prawns, and masalas together; finally, a dash of desi ghee is all you need to complete your dish.
So let's begin with this delicious recipe. Do try it and let us know how much you loved it :-)
Happy Cooking !!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 3
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Calories: 311
Ingredients Equipment Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Basmati Rice Soaked in water for 30 mins
  • 2 Cups Onion Finely Sliced
  • 1 Nos Tomato Finely Chopped
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic & Chilly Paste
  • 250 grams Prawns Cleaned and Washed
  • Chopped Mint & Coriander Leaves
  • Whole Spices Cinnamon Sticks, Cloves, Black Peppercorns, Green cardamom
  • Salt as per taste
  • ½ tbsp Garam Masala Powder
  • ½ tbsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1 tbsp Red Chilly Powder
  • 1 Lemon Juice
  • Oil/Ghee for Cooking

Equipment

  • Bottom Kadhai or Bottom Pan
  • Mixing Bowl

Method
 

  1. Ingredients
    Ingredients for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  2. Marinate the prawns with 1/2 tbsp of ginger garlic & chilly paste, salt and turmeric
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  3. Mix it well and marinate the prawns for 30 mins
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  4. Heat a bottom vessel, add whole spices as per your choice, and roast it for 30 seconds.
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  5. Add finely chopped onions and fry them until slightly golden brown
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  6. Once onions are slightly golden brown, add 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic and chilly paste and fry them until the raw smell goes
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  7. Mix everything well
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  8. Once the ginger garlic paste is nicely roasted and aromatic, add chopped tomatoes and salt and cook until soft and mushy on low-medium flame.
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  9. Once the tomatoes are soft and mushy, add the dry masalas - chilly red powder, turmeric and garam masala powder and roast them until aromatic on low flame.
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  10. Mix everything well
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  11. Time to add the marinated Prawns, fry the prawns in the masala on a medium flame for 2-3 mins
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  12. Mix everything well
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  13. Then add chopped coriander leaves and mint leave and mix it well; this gives a nice flavour to the masala.
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  14. Mix everything well
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  15. Finally, add the soaked basmati rice to the masala and mix it well; Fry the rice in the masala for 1-2 mins.
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  16. Now add 2 cups of water; we had taken 1 Cup of basmati rice, so it's always (a 1:2) ratio,
    Tip - While making rice/pulav, For every 1 cup of rice, we should use 2 cups of water.
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  17. Mix it well and add half lemon juice; this will prevent sticky rice
    Tip - Lemon juice helps in getting non-sticky rice, always after adding rice, squeeze in lemon juice for non-sticky rice
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  18. Finally, add 1 tbsp of Desi ghee or clarified butter for extra taste and let it boil.
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  19. Once it starts boiling, cover it with a lid and cook for 15 mins, do not stir continuously to avoid breaking of rice
  20. After 15 mins, you can check the rice is cooked well and ready to be served.
    Tip - In case you find the rice is yet to be cooked and just cooked partially and the water is drained out, then you may keep it on dum by placing a thick tawa on the stove and placing the pulav vessel over it and cook it for next 10 mins on the lowest flame. 
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes
  21. Serve it hot with vegetable raita and papad.
    Instruction for Prawns Pulao Recipe from FamousDishes

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Notes

Soaking basmati rice makes the rice grainy and fluffy
Squeezing lemon juice in the water after adding rice makes the rice non-sticky
You can even fry the prawns before adding them to the pulav, so the flavours are intact