Clams pulao is delicious and flavourful rice.The rice is cooked with clams and coconut milk and seasoned with whole spices.This dish is complete on its own you don't need a side dish to go with the pulao.The most tasty dish which is very much enjoyed by us goans.
Ingredients:
👉1 cup clams without shells
👉2 medium chopped onions
👉1 medium tomatoes
👉1 inch ginger
👉5 garlic cloves
👉2 green chillies
👉1/2 tsp turmeric powder
👉1 inch Cinnamon sticks
👉4 cardamon pods
👉1 star anise
👉1 black cardamon
👉6 to 7 cloves
👉10 pepper corns
👉1 cup coconut milk
👉2 1/2 cup basmati rice
👉4 cups water
Method:
👉Soak the rice with water for half hour.
👉wash the clams under running water twice or thrice. When done remove it in a bowl add some salt set aside.
👉In a blender add in green chillies,ginger and garlic make a fine paste keep it aside.
👉In a pot add in oil add in cardamon, cinnamon, pepper corns, star anise,cloves let it splatter and give a good aroma.
👉Now add in the ground chill,ginger,garlic paste to the pot let it fry for 2 mins till the raw smell of the paste goes away.
👉Now add in the seasoned clams let it fry for 3 mins.
👉Now add in onions let it be translucent then add in tomatoes let it be mushy.
👉Then add in 4 cups of boiled water add in 1 tsp salt now add in the soaked and drained rice give it a stir, then add in 1 cup coconut milk add in 2 slited green chillies and handful of finely chopped coriander leaves
👉Cover the pot with the lid and let it cook until all water evaporates give it a stir once done and your clams pulao is ready to eat.
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