Simple prawns pulao / Chemmen pulavu

Ingredients

1) Basmathi rice   – 2 1/2 cup
2) Ghee or oil – 1/2 cup
3) Cinnamon   – 1 pieces
     Cardamom  – 6 nos
     Cloves         – 6 nos
4)  Salt as needed
5)  Hot water     – 5 cups






For prawns masala


1) Oil   – 1/4 cup
 2) Onion chopped – 3 big
     Tomatoes chopped – 2 nos
     Green chilli slit       – 6 nos
     Ginger chopped      –  1 inch piece
     Garlic chopped        –  1
  3) Prawns                    – 1/2 kg
      Salt as needed
   4) Curd             –    1/4 cup








Directions
Wash the rice and drain water. 


Heat oil in a pan, crackle third ingredients. Add rice and saute for 5 minutes. Now add salt and hot water. Close the lid, lower the flame, and allow water to reduce. Heat oil in another pan, saute 2nd ingredients.  When it is sauteed well, add prawns and salt. When the prawns are half cooked, add curd and cook for another 2 minutes. Reduce the water. Mix this to the above cooked rice and serve hot. 

   

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