This recipe is my Mommy’s friend’s recipe…. Mrs. Soundarajan(from kovai)! It seems she prepared this pulav to my Mommy…when she visited her place. So since then my Mommy was telling to me…its different and nice. So thought of giving a try.

Ingredients:

Frozen corn 1 cup(or Boil 2 corns with little salt and shred them)
Short grained rice 1 cup
Salt
Star anise 2
Bay leaves 2
Cloves 3
Cinnamon 2-3
Cashew nuts 6-10
Ginger – garlic paste 1 spoon
Onion 1 finely chopped
Ghee/Clarified butter 1 cup.

Method:

1. In a pressure pan add ghee. Once its smoky hot….add cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves, cashews and star anise.

2. To the same add ginger – garlic paste and fry till its raw smell is gone. Followed by onions. Fry onions till its translucent.

3. Add frozen corn to this. Add 1 and 1/2 cup of water. Add salt and rice now. Pressure cook till one whistle.

Though it is rich in spices its a kind of mild dish only….. so serve this main dish with hot and spicy Korma/gravy.