You might have eaten pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread or pumpkin pancake but have you tried Pumpkin Pulao? It is an easy and irresistible recipe with pumpkin and basmati rice. This nourishing pulao has a lot of flavors and very satisfying meal. It goes very well with raita and meat dishes but far simpler and quicker to prepare..
This wonder vegetable is loaded with Vitamin A and anti-oxidant, good source of Vitamin C. K. E and lots of minerals including magnesium, potassium and iron.
PUMPKIN PULAO
Servings : 8
2 cup basmati rice rinsed and soaked 30 minutes
2 cup pumpkin grated
2 onion chopped
1 tsp chili powder
2 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
2 green chili slit
1/2 cup tomato chopped
2 tablespoon ghee/oil
1 tsp garam masala
5 cup water
salt to taste
cilantro for garnish
DIRECTION
Heat the ghee in a deep non stick pot, fry ginger garlic paste. green chili, tomato and onion until translucent.
Add in pumpkin, cilantro, chili powder, salt and garam masala, stir for 1 minute.
Now add the rice and water. When the water has evaporated, cover and simmer for 10 minutes using the lowest heat.
Remove from heat and fluff with fork. Garnish with cilantro at the time of serving.
Serve hot with raita and spicy gravy.
46 comments:
Kak,this is wonderful,as my pumpkin is sitting on the kitchen table for a few days now and tak dok idea nak buat apa dgnnya.Ros nak cuba la resepi ni.Selamat hari raya ya kak.
Hi dear, that sounds great and I have some chopped pumpkin ready to be used.
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Interesting one..
Wonderfully Colourful and Vibrantly yumm Pumpkin Pulao Dear.Luv it
Super inviting pulao, never tried pulao with pumpkin yet,thanks for sharing.
Lovely rice,love the color..delicious
kalau add pandan leaf ok tak? salam..
very innovative and delicious.
very innovative and delicious.
Beautiful color n the recipe is a must try for sure!
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sounds really delicious!! I like this post!
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delicious looking pulao looks wonderful perfect for this season
yeah, gorgeous pictures and it looks fab to eat.
pulao with pumpkin..sounds great dear, looks very delicious..
Love the colour of the pulao. A perfect Fall recipe.
this is something good. Have been experimenting with pumpkin lately and this nasi is too good looking to resist. happy eidil adha..
This looks fabulous! My husband loves pumpkin so I know I will be making this real soon for us.
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Innovative recipe. Pumpkin pulao looks yummy, spicy and delicious.
Simply superb...Love the recipe...
This is totally a new and interesting dish. nicely done
Pumpkin pulao looks awesome delicious. Love to try some time.
OMGosh, this looks delicious ... and you had me at the mere mention of ghee!
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Kak, Ros dah masak nasi tu dan kini tengah kekenyangan.hihihi..Hubby said its very nice. Thank you kak.
hi treat and tricks, i agree with you that this is unique..never see it before.
would love to try it someday and many thanks for sharing a great recipe
Love the idea of using pumpkin to flavor up the rice! That and all those wonderful spices-this does look like a winner. Yum!
Another scrumptious post...I'm drooling :-(
I can't say I've ever had pumpkin pulao but i really need to because you make it look so good!
I like this recipe a lot, it is one of my favourites. I`ve tried it this morning and it was very good, thanks for sharing.
Gosh.,rice has cooked perfect..
Sure something different to try..
Gosh.,rice has cooked perfect..
Sure something different to try..
Gosh.,rice has cooked perfect..
Sure something different to try..
very innovative one...Rice looks colourful :)
I love rice dish and this with pumpkin looks delicious, beautiful color...would love to give this a try...
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This really sounds wonderful@
Wonderfully Colourful and Vibrantly yumm Pumpkin Pulao Dear.Luv it
Love rice dish and this one with pumpkin is just perfect for the season :-)
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Lovely rice...never thought of using pumpkins in pulao
lovely twist.. looks good
Have never used pumpkin in Pulao.. This looks so delicious and flavorful..
Very interesting combo, pulao looks fabulous.
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I love to try anything that has pumpkin in it. I can't wait to try this one - Pinned! Thanks for sharing on To Grandma's House We Go!
This looks delicious, I'm always looking for new ways to use pumpkin! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us at the Creative Muster. Looking forward to seeing what you'll be sharing next week. Pinning!
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Never thought of combining the two. I love basamati rice, I'll have to try that. Thanks for linking up with us at the GATHER OF FRIENDS LINK PARTY 9. Pinned
That's an interesting combination - I've never heard of combining rice and pumpkin.
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This looks yummy! My family loves rice but I've never thought of cooking it with pumpkin before.
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