The Navrattan Pulloa Rice
 
An (almost) step-by-step picture guide to the cooking of this famous dish for the annual Bristol Morris Men's Christmas Ceilidh. St Albans Hall, Dec 11th 2004.
 

   


The ingredients to cook with the rice. (Two other sets of rice are prepared)
Cook onions & garlic in the ghee until golden colour.
Add the spices, chillies and ginger break the cardamons in half as you add them.
Cook for a few minutes.
Add the rice and cook for a few more minutes more.
Add water - two and a half times the amount of rice by volume. Bring to boil.
Cook covered for 10 mins. Seal pan with a weighted lid, leave aside.
Ingredients for pulloa core + John's extras!
Melt butter.
Cook onions 'till golden.
Add ginger and green chillies.
Cook for a few minutes.
Add almonds, cashews and pistachios.
Add sunflower and pumpkin seeds (John's extras).
Add sultanas and raisins (extra).
Turn heat to very low.
Add apricots (extra).
Add crystalised papaya and pineapple (extra).
Cook gently for a few more minutes, set aside.
Chopped eggs are mixed with cayenne and salt
De-seed and chop another chillie!
Honest - I did remove the seeds!
Mix with coriander. This is sprinkled over the finished dish.
Chillie + coriander on left. Tomato mix for rice on right:
tomato, cayenne, salt, garam masala, tomato paste colour.
Add to rice.
Dish is assembled onto a large foil covered dish. Two more portions of rice:
by Pippa - cream cheese, s&p.
by Paul: peas, s&p + green colour.
Accompany with quartered poppadoms fried in hot oil for a few seconds..