Kashmiri Pulao 🌸 - Pungu’s Kitchen

Ingredients

• Basmati rice: 1 cup
• Water: 2 cups (for cooking rice)
• Salt – to taste
• Ghee: 1 tbsp
• Saffron – a pinch (soaked in 2 tbsp warm milk)
• Bay leaf: 1
• Cinnamon stick: 1 small piece
• Green cardamom: 2
• Cloves: 2
• Black peppercorns: 5
• Onion: 1 medium, thinly sliced
• Cashew nuts: 10
• Almonds: 10 (blanched and peeled)
• Raisins: 1 tbsp
• Pomegranate seeds: 2 tbsp (optional but beautiful)
• Pineapple chunks or apple pieces: ¼ cup (optional)
• Ghee or oil : 2 tbsp (for frying)
• A dash of sugar for mild sweetness (about ½ tsp)