Prawn Pulao Recipe

Prawn Pulao Recipe (NON-VEG RECIPE)

Prawn Pulao or Shrimp Pulao is a one-pot dish where rice is cooked along with onions, ginger garlic paste, green masala, lemon juice, and basic everyday spices with prawns being the star ingredient.

Easy to make and delicious to eat, this Shrimp Pulao also makes a great side dish for your house party meals, pot lucks, or even for your weekday dinners.

You can use any prawns of your choice to make this lightly spiced and aromatic recipe. I have used medium-sized prawns but jumbo prawns also work great.

Ingredients:

• 200 gm basmati rice

• 10 gm cinnamon stick

• 25 gm cashews

• 2 teaspoon kewra water

• 1 pinch edible food color

• 2 large chopped onion

• 25 gm black cardamom

• 25 gm clove

• 1 1/2 teaspoon mace powder

• sugar as required

• 400 gm king prawns

• 3 tablespoons ghee

• salt as required

• 1 tablespoon ginger paste

• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg powder

• 25 gm turmeric

• 25 gm bay leaf

• 25 gm raisins

• 1 tablespoon garlic paste

Recipe:

• Step 1 Soak the rice and marinate the prawns

  To start making this lip-smacking recipe, first wash and soak basmati rice in water for an hour. Meanwhile, marinate the prawns in salt, turmeric, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, raisins, mace powder, and bay leaves.

• Step 2 Saute all the spices with onions

  Next, in a kadhai add ghee. When it is hot enough add bay leaves and garam masala. Add onions in the oil and fry till they turn brown. Add ginger-garlic paste to this mix and fry for another 5 minutes.

• Step 3 Add prawns and rice to the mix

  Add prawns and cook for 5 mins. Then, add water and soaked rice to it. Add salt, sugar, cashew, nutmeg powder. Lower the flame and cook well till all water absorbs.

• Step 4 Top with ghee and kewra water and serve hot.

  Add some ghee and kewra water. Serve hot.

Tips:

Make sure you do not overcook the prawns, as they might turn chewy and rubbery which won’t taste good. Prawns cook very quickly, so keep an eye on them.

You can avoid adding the whole spices, but I strongly recommend it for a nice flavor and aroma.

To make it more wholesome, you can even add some potatoes, capsicum, or peas along with Prawns in this Pulao.