Mai’s Prawn Pulao Green Masala

From the Book Mais’s Recipes Page #123

This is such a good recipe from the book ‘Mai’s Recipes’, you will crave for it again and again.  The aroma, the taste, is simply delicious!  Your family, friends, guests are certainly going to shower praises on you for creating such a delicious dish.

Ingredients

2 cups Rice

4 cups hot water

Salt to taste

1 Cup prawns

2 onions, sliced

2 tomatoes, chopped

2 tbsp. ghee or oil

Grind to a paste

1 onion

6 green chilies, or to taste

1 bunch coriander leaves

½ tsp. turmeric

1” pc. Ginger

3 flakes garlic

½ tsp. mustard seeds

½ tsp. cumin seeds

½ tsp. pepper corns

3 cloves

1” pc. Cinnamon

2 cardamoms (optional)

Method

Wash rice and soak in water for ½ hour.  Clean, devein and wash prawns and apply little salt and a pinch of turmeric powder.  Heat ghee in a vessel, add the onions and fry till soft and translucent.  Then add the tomatoes and cook till soft.  Add the ground masala paste and fry till the raw smell of masala disappears.  Add the prawns and cook till water dries up and fat surfaces.  Add rice and mix well but gently till each grain is coated with the masala.  Add water, salt and bring to a boil.  Stir.  Close tightly and reduce to very low flame and cook till all water is absorbed.