Name: Poached Pears -Orange Dry fruits pulao recipe by Swathi Joshnaa Sathish at BetterButter
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: Ripe pears big 2; Fresh orange thick juice 1 glass; Basmati rice 4 cups soaked for 15 minutes .; Dry fruits 1.5 cups ( cashews , black raisins , golden raisins , pistachios , almonds ); Ghee 6 - 7 tablespoons; Ginger garlic paste 1/2 teaspoon; Green chillies 2 to 3; water 4 cups; Orange zest 4 tablespoons; Salt to taste; Bay leaves 3; Cloves 6; Stone flower 1 big crushed; Mace 1; Green cardamom 4; Black cardamom 3; Fried onions 1 .5 cups; Garam masala 1/4 teaspoon; Saffron liquid 1/2 cup

Ingredients Serving: 5

Ripe pears big 2
Fresh orange thick juice 1 glass
Basmati rice 4 cups soaked for 15 minutes .
Dry fruits 1.5 cups ( cashews , black raisins , golden raisins , pistachios , almonds )
Ghee 6 - 7 tablespoons
Ginger garlic paste 1/2 teaspoon
Green chillies 2 to 3
water 4 cups
Orange zest 4 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Bay leaves 3
Cloves 6
Stone flower 1 big crushed
Mace 1
Green cardamom 4
Black cardamom 3
Fried onions 1 .5 cups
Garam masala 1/4 teaspoon
Saffron liquid 1/2 cup

Instructions

First in a pan , add orange juice .
Add sliced pears to the juice .
Slow cook in low heat till juice reduces and pears look juiced absorbed, poached .
Remove from heat and keep aside .
In a cooking pot , melt 4 tablespoons ghee .
Add the whole Garam Masala ingredients.
Add green chillies .
Add 1/2 cup dry fruits . Fry for a minute in low heat .
Add 1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste. Sauté till raw smell leaves .
Add 1 cup fried onions and reserve the rest for last .
Add the soaked basmati rice .
Fry the rice for a minute till it releases an aroma . Do gently fry the grains without breaking them .
Now add the boiled orange sauce only . Don’t add poached pears .
Mix .
Add salt and spices .
Add the measured water 4 cups . Water ratio differs as per the rice you use .
Allow the water to boil.
Add 1 tablespoon ghee .
Cover the lid and let the rice cook 70 % .
At this stage , place the poached pears , fluff the rice with fork .
Add 1/2 of the orange zests finely grated .
Add saffron water and give a slow Dum cooking .
Meantime , heat ghee in a pan .
Roast the remaining dry fruits . Keep aside .
Finally garnish with fried onions , roasted nuts and grated orange zests
Fluff rice and serve hot with some spicy curries / raitas .

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