Pomegranate Rice

Pomegranate Rice


 
Ingredients
• Rice – 1 cup
• Pomegranate – 1 small (Ripe and Red)
• Green chilies – 3
• Red chilies – 2
• Cashew nuts – 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves – few
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Salt – as required

For Seasoning:
• Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
• Black gram dhal – ½ tsp
• Bengal gram dhal – ½ tsp
• Cinnamon – 4-5 small sticks

Preparation
1. Peel pomegranate and take out the seeds.
2. Crush it, or put in a mixer and extract juice from it. Strain and remove the seeds.
3. Heat oil, add the seasonings and when it turns golden add curry leaves, cashew nuts, broken red chilies and cut green chilies. Fry and add to Rice.
4. Boil pomegranate juice for two minutes, and then add rice with the seasonings and salt.
5. Keep in a low flame till juice is absorbed completely.
6. Serve garnished with finely cut coriander leaves or pomegranate seeds.

Serves
2 Persons

By Bhaktin Sushma

 
 

Author: ISKCON Desire Tree

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