Jack Fruit Pulav

Jack Fruit Pulav is a main dish and one can enjoy this any time of the day. I just wanted to try this Pulav since the day I watched Gundanna (Krishna) preparing this on Suvarna Paka Shale. I like his way of cooking I do watch some time, though I do not follow it much. This one attracted me. We people from Udupi (Daskhina Kannada - Karnataka), prepare so many items using jack fruit, raw jack, jack seeds. Jack fruit payasa is very famous as well as jack fruit kadubu. Jack fruit palya, appa, happala there are many varieties. I have not come across this Pulav. As I said it sounded great. So wanted to try and it was nice I should say. People who like jack fruit aroma will surely like it. I have added very little spices (as instructed by Gundanna), I did not add chakra Moggu (Star Anise).

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I have used Basumathi rice, a very little spice and jack fruits. As I said the jack fruit lovers can thoroughly enjoy having this special dish. It is a very simple dish that anyone can cook.
No Onion - No Garlic in " Jack Fruit Pulav ".

Things Needed :

To cook :
Basumati Rice/Any other raw rice : 1 Cup
Capsicum : 1
Jack Fruits : 5 to 6 Fruits
Coconut milk/plain boiled nandini milk or any milk : 1/2 Cup
Coconut : 2 Tablespoons 
 Spices used :
Cinnamon : a small stick
Cloves : 4 to 5
Green chilly : 1
Pepper Pods : 3 to 4
Ghee/Oil  : 2 Tablespoons
Pulav leaves/Indian bay leaf : 1
Cardamom : 1
Ginger ? Ginger Powder : 1/2 Teaspoon
Jeera/ Cumin Seeds : 1/2 Teapoon
Cashew nuts : 2 Tablespoons (optional).
Saffron rakes : 2 to 3 (Or turmeric powder : 1/4 Teaspoon)
Salt : to taste

Method :

1. Wash and remove the water and keep the rice aside.

2. Wash and cut capsicum, green chilly into small and keep it aside. Cut jack fruits into small pieces.

3. Grate coconut. Grind 1/2 Cup of coconut and squeeze out the milk and keep it aside. (thick and thin milk together).
4. Now Keep the pan on the fire. Heat and put ghee. Add jeera/ cumin seeds.

5. Add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon pieces, whole pepper pods. Fry them nicely for 1 to 2 minutes.
6. Add Cashew nuts and fry them till they turn golden brown.
7. Add cut capsicum and chilly and fry for 2 minutes.

8. Add rice, dry ginger powder  and mix it well and stir on low flame for 2 minutes. Add bay leaf on the top and stir slowly.

9. Add saffron and put off the gas. Shift the fried rice mixture to the rice cooker or pressure cooker.
10. Add 2 glasses of water and salt. Mix it nicely. Add coconut milk/ plain milk.

11. Let it cook for 5 minutes. Add jack fruits and cook. (Electrical cooker switch of  automatically once the rice cooked).

12. Add a tablespoon of coconut on the top and mix it slowly. You can add 1 tablespoon of fresh ghee on the top. (Adds to the taste).
13. Mix it slowly and shift the cooked Jack Fruit Pulav to a serving dish.

 14. Serve with any chutney or as you wish to.

Note :

You can use pressure cooker to cook Jack fruit Pulav.
Use of required water changes if you use different varieties of rice. For example Basumathi rice 1 = 2 , Sona Masoori - 1 = 3.
You can use plain milk instead of coconut milk. Adding extra coconut grating is also optional. Use of more or less ghee is also optional.
Do not add onions or garlic to this Pulav. This Pulav taste sweet. You can prepare Pineapple Pulav also in this method. Adding oil instead of ghee.  
Time : 30 to 40 minutes 
Serves :  2 to 3.

Peas Paluv + Green Apple Chutney

Pulav is a rice dish prepared with Rice,  vegetables, and some spices like clove, cinnemon, cardamom. There are different varieties of Palav and each state has its own recipe and the way to cook.

 Palav is a poppular rice dish which is very famous in the North India and it has influenced the South and the whole world.

The Sanskrit word Palanna meaning a mixture of Vegetables and rice. The English spelling is influenced by the Modern Greek Pilafi which comes from the Turkish word due to the wast spread of the dish , there exist variations of the name in many languages. Its called Polou, Palov, Ppilau, Polaao

(Bengali), Palav/Pulav(Hindi/Urdu) etc

Pulav is a spicy dish cooked with vegetable and spices together, or cooked vegetables. As I said before there are different ways and types of Pulav. 

Here is a recipe of Pulav,  Rice cooked with Peas & Beans, whch is very easy and it can be enjoyed with the whole familay at any time of the day and I am sure all age group will defenitely love the Pulav and Green apple chutney.

Things Needed :

Basmati Rice : 2 Cups

Peas :1 Cup

Beans : 1 Cup

Cinnamon : an inch

Clove : 4 to 6

Garam Masala Powder : 1/2 Tea spoon

Oil : 1 Table spoon

Ghee : 2 Table spoons

Coriander leaves : 3 to 4 Tea spoons.

Green chilly : 2 

Ginger : 1 Table spoon (grated)

Coconut : 2 to 3 table spoons

Salt : to taste

Water : required

Method :

1. Wash and keep the Basmati rice aside.

2. Wash peas, beans, green chilly and coriander leaves. 

3. Cut beans, coriander leaves and green chilly. Grate ginger and coconut.

4. Keep a pan on the fire. Heat and put oil.

5. Put clove and cinnemon. Fry for 10 seconds.

6. Add green chilly, cut beans and peas.

7. Fry them for 2 to 3 minutes. Add garam masala and fry for 10 seconds.

8. Add rice and fry nicely for a minute or 2.

9. Add ginger and put off the fire.

10. Now shift the fried rice -vegetables mixture to a rice cooker.

11. Add 1 = 2 water to the rice. 

12. Add coconut and ghee mix it once nicely. 

13. The rice cooker will be off once the Paluv is done.

14. Leave it for 5 minutes in the Rice Cooker, then mix it well and shift it to a serving dish.

15. Serve with Green Apple chutney and  apple raitha along with Peas Pauv.

Note : 

You can also add other vegetables along with beans and peas. (Carrots- capsicum etc). 

You can add more spice if you wish Paluv to be spicy. More ghee also can be used. It adds tothe taste.

You can also use onions and garlic.  You can cook this Rice -Vegetable mixture in a pressure cooker too.

(8 to 10 Minutes) You can use Sona masuri rice also. The propotion of water is for Sona Masuri is 1 = 3. 

Time : 1 hour (preparation + cooking)

Serves : 3 to 4

Recipe for Green Apple Chutney :

Cut green apple (1),  Green chilly (2), a small marble size tamarind and 1 cup of grated coconut. Grind all the ingredients with salt and Green Apple chutney is ready to serve.

Apple Raitha

Grate 2 apples with its skin together, add salt and a cup of curd. Apple Raitha is ready to serve.

Apple raita is ready to serve.

Peas Palav.

Peas Palav is easy to prepare and much of ingredients and you can have it for  lunch or dinner.

Ingredients :
Basmati Rice: 2 Cups.
Peas : 1 cup.
Butter or Ghee: 2 to 3 Table spoons.
Cardamom : 4 to 6.
Cloves : 6 to 8
Cinnamon Pieces : 3  to 4
Salt : to taste

Green chilly : 2 to 3
Coriander leaves : 2 to 3 table spoons.
Ginger : 1 Tea spoon.(grated).
Water : 4 cups.

Method :
Wash and remove water from  the rice and keep it for 15 minutes.  Cut green chillies and coriander leaves and keep it aside.
Now keep a pan on the fire and heat . Put butter or ghee . heat for 1 minute. Now put all the spices and fry for 2 to 3 minutes. Add  cut green chillies and ginger and fry for 1 minute. Now add fresh peas and fry nicely for 2 to 3 minutes. Add rice and fry for 4 to 5 minutes and put off the fire. Add coriander leaves  and salt to the fried mixture and mix  nicely and shift the fried rice mixture to a electrical  rice cooker or pressure cooker and 4 cups of water and cook. Serve Hot Peas Palav with coconut chutney or  Onion Raitha.
Cut onions into small pieces and put it in curd.  Add required salt to it.

Note : Do not fry ingredients on high flame. Can use other kind of raw rice also. but remember to use enough  water.  Preparing Palav in electrical cooker will  give a better result. If you use pressure cooker do not over cook.  Can  use any cooking oil instead of butter or ghee. ( using butter or ghee is better). Can use grated
coconut  (fresh) also.
Serves: 2 to 3