Beetroot Pulao

This is a simple rice perfect for a lunch box. this is a little different from the Beetroot Saadam I posted earlier.  This is cooked in milk so the colour is little pale. But it tastes great. The ingredient list is also very small and the pulao can be cooked within 30minutes as it doesn’t need any grinding. With the power cut on during 6am-9am, this will be a great dish to cook up for your kid’s lunch box as it doesn’t need any grinding. This snap has been lying in my drafts for a long time. I served it along with paneer tikka and the combination was great. Raitha would work fine too. 

1. Peel the skin and grate the beetroots.
2. Heat oil and add onion. Sauté until golden.
3. Add the beetroot and sauté for 1minute.
4. Add the chilly powder, coriander powder and fennel powder.
5. Mix well. Add salt and water.
6. Add milk and bring the mixture to boil.
7. Wash and soak rice for 10minutes.
8. Drain water and add the rice to the boiling mixture.
9. Keep on stirring until 75% done.
10. Drizzle ghee and cover the pan.
11. Reduce flame to low and cook for 5minutes.
12. Now give a final stir and remove from fire.
13. Keep an iron tawa on flame. When hot, place the pan with pulao on it.
14. Cover the pan with foil and reduce flame.
15. Let it cook for 15 minutes.
16. Switch off flame and leave it on tawa for further 15minutes.
17. Remove the foil and serve it hot with raitha.