mofo

Hey guys. I desperately need the recipe for Afghani Pulao!!!

Also I need you all to post your salad recipes here. I need some good ones. Throwing a party next week and half of my friends are on a diet :S

jalpari90

Afhani Pulao
Marianate 1/2 kg boneless chicken chunks in lemon juice, slat black pepper and stry fry them.
Fry 1 cup grated carrots and half cup raisins.
Caramelize 1 Teaspoon of sugar. Add some water, zeera and oil and 2 chicken cubes.
Now add presoaked 300gm 'sella rice' and add water. Cook till rice are almost done. Remeber u would require more water then u do for basmati rice.
Before u put them on dum, add in carrots, raisins and chicken.
Ur afghani pulao is ready

mofo

Ohhh awesome! Thanks jalpari. Now for the salads!

jalpari90

Ur welocome mofo.

Sara516

can u use regular basmati rice for afghani pulao? and omit the raisins? and add some more masalas?

jalpari90

Yes u can use basmati but that particular taste of aghani pulao will be missing. Yes baby u can skip raisins and add masalas but u will end up with something other then afghani pulao then

Isit that u wan to skip raisins cuz u think sweet raisins wont go well with a pulao? Just experiment this. U will love it.

About masalas, most of the afgani and nothern dishes dont have a lot of spices. This is what makes their special taste

nabz

what is "sella rice" ? i thought afghans used basmati rice like us desis.


and can you give us exact amount of water to add? like 1 cup rice- add 2 cups water.

jalpari90

Grains are longer then basmati rice.

I m afraid i can give the exact measurement. What i do is, if basmati rice is pre soaked, i would put them in the pan first and then add water till half of my finger is in. For sella rice, iwould increase it a little more then that.

prototype

Sella rice is soaked for double the time than basmati ones as well

Chipkali

Hmmmmmmm.. this afghani pulao sounds delicious! Anyone made it yet? Pics would be nice