After Kaju Pulao from Andhra Pradesh and Kharzi from Arunachal Pradesh, today it is Meetha pulao from Assam. If you have missed my previous posts, please take a look at them. I am doing a mega marathon this month, the theme being biryani, kichdi and pulao. The preparations started way back and I managed to complete them only last month. Most of the dishes were made for Sruti, but I also made some for myself while I included rice in my diet chart. This is one such recipe I made for myself. Though the name is meetha pulao, sugar added is very less and this has a subtle hint of sweetness to it. As I don’t consume sugar, I used stevia instead.
The recipe I tried is from Khorisa. Usually Joha rice is used to make this pulao. I have used Basmati instead. And this pulao is served along with chicken or pork curries. With the addition of nuts and raisins and ghee, this is somewhat rich in taste. I paired it with some roasted paneer for my lunch one day. It was such a filling and delicious meal. I have used only green peas and carrots, but you can also use beans. Some recipes also used ginger garlic paste, but I didn’t use. If you like the flavour, go ahead and use a tbs in the recipe. The number of ingredients may seem long, but trust me, the recipe is so easy to make. I hope you make this for your guests.
Ingredients:
Basmati Rice – 1 cup
Ghee – 2 tbs
Clove – 2
Star Anise – 1
Cinnamon – 1
Bay Leaf – 1
Cashew – 2 tbs
Almonds – 2 tbs
Raisins – 2 tbs
Pistachios – 2 tbs
Onion – 1
Carrot – 1 small
Green Peas – 1/4 cup
Sugar – 2 tsp
Salt – to taste
Water – 2 cups
Procedure:
Wash and soak rice for 20 minutes.
In a pan, heat ghee and add the nuts and raisins.
Fry until golden. Remove and set aside.
Add the spices and onion and saute for two minutes.
Add the carrots and green peas and cook for two minutes on low flame.
Add drained rice and sugar and saute on low flame for two minutes.
Finally add water and salt and bring it to boil.
Cook the rice on medium flame until the rice is 90% cooked.
Reduce flame, cover the pan and cook until done.
Serve it hot with a curry of your choice.
Recipes so far
Kaju Pulao from Andhra Pradesh
Kharzi Pulao from Arunachal Pradesh
Meetha Pulao from Assam
Meetha Pulao - Assamese Sweet Pulao Recipe
Ingredients
- Basmati Rice - 1 cup
- Ghee - 2 tbs
- Clove-2
- Star Anise-1
- Cinnamon -1
- Bay Leaf - 1
- Cashew - 2 tbs
- Almonds - 2 tbs
- Raisins-2 tbs
- Pistachios - 2 tbs
- Onion - 1
- Carrot - 1 small
- Green Peas - 1/4 cup
- Sugar - 2 tsp
- Salt - to taste
- Water-2 cups
Instructions
- Wash and soak rice for 20 minutes.
- In a pan, heat ghee and add the nuts and raisins.
- Fry until golden. Remove and set aside.
- Add the spices and onion and saute for two minutes.
- Add the carrots and green peas and cook for two minutes on low flame.
- Add drained rice and sugar and saute on low flame for two minutes.
- Finally add water and salt and bring it to boil.
- Cook the rice on medium flame until the rice is 90% cooked.
- Reduce flame, cover the pan and cook until done.
- Serve it hot with a curry of your choice.
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Another yummy and loaded pulao. The addition of nuts and dry fruits make the pulao special. I have to give it a miss since I had three sweet pulaos in my final list of chosen recipes.
Lovely to know that you had cooked some for yourself too. Great job in completing all the cooking. Though I had seen this one I had to exclude as I didn’t want a sweet one.
So is this pulao sweet as well as savoury ? Anyways it looks really rich and I am sure must have tasted real good with that roasted paneer .
Each of your dishes is delightful Gayathri. Totally loving this series. I am sure my daughter would be ecstatic to eat this sweet rice. Bookmarking!!
Wow! Each meetha pulao is unique in its own way and this looks so appealing.
Getting tempted a lot and especially the panner in the backdrop is stealing me eyes!!
Assamese meetha pulao looks delicious. I have made similar rice from Bengal, but without veggies.
Never knew about Joha rice… I am learning all sort new rice varieties this marathon. Amazing. Glad you were able to make this pulav with stevia. Yummm
This pulao looks so yummy and irresistible! Definitely going to bookmark this recipe. Lovely share!
Love thjs sweet rice recipe. No need dessert after this. So rich and tasty in flavors
lovely to know that a sweetish kind of this rice is made in Assam.. you surely have done a lot of research this BM, as always 🙂 my little one might like this…
The Pulao looks so rich with all those nuts. Sure a yummy treat for everyone
Loved this rich sweet pulao recipe, so flavourful with all the spices added to it.. Looks so tempting!!