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Yam Pulao
Ingredients
Rice - 200 gms
Diced yam - 150 gms
Ginger - a piece
Garlic - 10 gms
Onion (medium) - 3
Tomato (medium) - 3
Mint - half bunch
Coriander leaves - half
bunch
Green chillies - 2
Curd - 1 tbsp
Oil - 50 ml
Salt - as required
Cardamom - 2 pods
Cloves - 2 crowns
Cinnamon - a small stick
Bay leaf - a piece
Method
1. Boil diced yam till half
done in salted water.
Remove, cool and fry to
golden brown. Keep aside.
2. Wash and soak rice for 10 minutes.
3. Grind green chillies, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, mint, coriander leaves and half the onion. Keep aside. Slice the remaining onion.
4. Drain rice and fry. Remove and set aside.
5. Heat the oil in a pressure pan. Add cardamom, bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon and sliced onion. Sauté for few minutes.
6. Add ground ingredients and sauté. Introduce curd and fried yam. Add double the quantity of water and boil.
7. Introduce sautéed rice. Cook for seven minutes. Serve hot.
By N. Singaravelavan
(The writer is HOD, Catering Science and Hotel Management, SNR Sons College, Coimbatore.)
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