Tomato Cheese Pulao is a very popular and easy to make dish. Popular as a street food in Mumbai, the pulao is a perfect recipe for kids. This variation of the original dish adds cheese to the dish and is delicious & flavourful.
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Ingredients:
Raw Rice/ Basmati Rice – 2 cups
Tomatoes – 300gms
Onions – 2, Finely sliced
Green Chillies – 4, Finely sliced
Garlic – 15 Cloves
Ginger – Small Piece, peeled and washed
Red Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Cardamons – 4
Cloves – 4
Cinnamon Sticks – 4
Bay Leaf – 1
Ghee – 1 tblsp
Oil – 3 tblsp
Cheese – 100gms, Grated
Mint Leaves – Few
Garam Masala Powder – 1/2 tsp
Salt to Taste
Method:
Crush the ginger and garlic nicely.
Boil the tomatoes and peel the outer skin.
Blend them to a fine paste in a mixer.
Heat a pan and add oil to it.
Add all the masalas – cardamons, cloves, cinnamon sticks, bay leaf and temper it.
Add the sliced onions, green chillies, ginger, garlic and saute them until golden brown.
Add the red chilli powder, ground tomato paste and 2 cups of water, salt and mix well.
Let it boil and add rice to it.
Close them with a lid and keep the flame to low.
Keep mixing it between and when the rice is cooked well, add garam masala powder, mint leaves and grated cheese.
Lastly add the ghee and mix it gently and remove from fire.
Sunitha Karthik is a food lover who loves experiment with food. She worked in BPO industry for several years before deciding to settle down with family. She is a self-taught cook who has learnt to cook by experimenting with ingredients and watching various cooking shows. Mother of two kids, she still finds time to cook up a storm in the kitchen.
