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Basanti Pulao

28/09/2021 by Sujata Roy 9 Comments

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Basanti pulao or Bengali sweet yellow pulao. Bright yellow coloured aromatic rice made with fragrant gobindobhog rice saffron and aromatic whole spices taste heavenly with any spicy curry. A festive dish from Bengali cuisine. Basanti stands for yellow. This sweet yellow pulao called basanti pulao, holud pulao or misti pulao. Basanti pulao also taste great with Basmati rice, so you can use whatever you have.

Durga puja is around the corner. Try this aromatic rice to celebrate your festival. You can also make it for bhog prasad for Goddess. To know about Durga Puja or Sharad Utsab click here. For bhog or naivedya different types of dishes are prepared to offer Goddess Durga. Reading a book Bhog Naivedya by Sujata Shukla. Copy pasting a line from the book, “This is not just faith, but also a nation’s food culture, brought to you on a puja thali!.” I completely agree with it. You can get many more authentic recipes on above Durga Puja post link. As I said you can serve this pulao with any veg or non veg spicy curry. I served it with shahi dum aloo. I will share the recipe soon.

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Here are some no onion garlic veg curry recipes which you can serve with this pulao.

Chhanar dalna

Spicy potato curry

Makhana curry

Kaju Curry

Dahi aloo

Aloo kofta curry

Pointed gourd in yogurt gravy

Rasgulla korma

Matar kofta

Shahi paneer

Aloo Paneer

You can also serve this pulao with any non veg curry like

Chicken kosha

Chicken rezala

Dim kosha

Zafrani chicken

Chicken dak bungalow

Rara mutton

Railway mutton curry

Fish kalia

Chhanamukhe ilish

Chicken chaap

Fragrant gobindobhog rice with whole spices made this pulao aromatic. But if you don’t have gobindobhog rice then you can use Basmati rice. I usually make basanti pulao with Basmati rice because gobindobhog rice is not available outside Bengal. Have a look at how it looks with basmati rice. In this pulao I have used basmati rice and instead of saffron used little turmeric powder.

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But this time got gobindobhog rice online. I used saffron or keshar to make this pulao basanti or yellow. If you don’t have saffron then you can use little food colour or turmeric. But I recommend to use saffron for the lovely aroma and colour.

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Recipe

Gobindobhog rice – 1&1/4 cup

Ghee or clarified butter – 2 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon

Saffron or keshar – 1/4 teaspoon

Milk – 3 tablespoon

Cumin seeds or jeera – 1/2 teaspoon

Green cardamom – 3

Cloves – 3

Cinnamon – 1 inch piece

Bay leaf – 1

Cashew nuts – 15

Raisins – 15

Ginger – 1 teaspoon, grated or paste

Salt – 1 teaspoon or to taste

Sugar – 2-3 tablespoon

Bengali garam masala powder – 1 teaspoon

Mace or javitri powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Nutmeg or jaiphal powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Cumin powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Water – 2 & 1/2 cup

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Method

1. Wash the rice well. Drain the water completely. Marinate the rice with 1 teaspoon ghee, salt, sugar, grated ginger or paste, nutmeg or jaiphal powder, mace or javitri powder, cumin powder and 1/2 teaspoon Bengali garam masala powder. Get the recipe of Bengali garam masala here. I have used 1 teaspoon salt and 2&1/2 teaspoon Sugar and its perfect for me. Mix everything well and keep aside.

2. Soak saffron for 15 minutes in 3 tablespoon warm milk. After 15 minutes crush the saffron with your finger tips and let it soak for some more time.

3. Crush the green cardamom, cloves and cinnamon in a mortar pestle.

4. Heat remaining ghee in a pan or wok. You can use half oil and half ghee if you want but ghee taste better. Fry the cashew nuts on low medium heat. Keep stirring to fry the nuts evenly. When cashew nuts becomes light golden brown transfer the nuts on a plate.

5. Now fry the raisins. When raisins fluff up immediately remove from ghee and transfer on a plate.

6. In the same ghee add cumin seeds, crushed green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaf. When cumin seeds starts to splutter add marinated rice and fry for 2-3 minutes.

7. Add saffron soaked milk, water and fried cashew nuts and raisins. Mix well.

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8. Cover and cook for 5 minutes on high heat. After 5 minutes reduce the heat and cook on simmer for 5 minutes again.

9. Now stir the rice gently and check. Add little more water if required. I had to add 1/4 cup more water. Cover and cook on simmer for 5 minutes more or till water absorbed.

10. Add 1/2 teaspoon Bengali garam masala powder, mix and switch off the heat.

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11. Cover and leave it to rest for 5-10 minutes. Now fluff the rice gently and serve with any spicy curry.

Recipe notes

1. Basmati rice can be used instead of gobindobhog rice.

2. You can use turmeric powder or yellow food colour instead of saffron or keshar.

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Rice, Satvik Food Recipes, Traditional Food, Vegetarian Tagged With: bachelor recipe, basanti pulao, dinner, Durga puja bhog, easy recipe, gobindobhog rice, holud pulao, lunch, misti pulao, rice dish, saffron, yellow pulao

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  1. Radha says

    30/09/2021 at 11:32 PM

    We love the simple and tasty Basanti pulao and yours lokks and sound perfect and delicious!

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  2. namscorner18 says

    03/10/2021 at 5:41 PM

    Basanti pulao looks so simple and easy to make. Looks so delicious and I can feel the crunch in each bite with lots of nuts.

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  3. cakesncurries says

    05/10/2021 at 2:39 PM

    I love this Basanti Pulao, mildly sweet with aromatic notes from, nutmeg and mace. I have never made it myself. Your recipe is prompting me to make it soon. Thank you for this wonderful share.

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  4. shalu says

    18/10/2021 at 12:48 PM

    I love basanti pulao. we call it meethe chaawal or Zarda. Your share is looking absolutely delicious and tempting!!

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      19/10/2021 at 1:09 AM

      Thank you so much Shalu!

      Reply
  5. Jayashree T.Rao says

    20/10/2021 at 10:16 AM

    Basanti Pulao looks so delicious. I have heard of it but never tried it in my kitchen. Would love to try it sometime. Looks festive treat.

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  6. FoodTrails says

    23/10/2021 at 4:18 PM

    Such a flavourful dish for Navaratri or infact any special occasion. We call it Meethe Chawal and make with Basmati rice.. Loved the detailed recipe.. wish I cud get the Gobindbhog rice at my place, will love to try it that quality of rice..

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  7. preethi76 says

    21/11/2021 at 4:05 AM

    Basanti pulao looks delicious. One of my Bengali neighbour used to treat us with this pulao. Would love to try it at home sometime. Looks so rich with all the nuts.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      21/11/2021 at 5:10 PM

      Thanks Preethi!

      Reply

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