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Few days back, one of my reader had requested for this recipe. So far I have tried making many types of prawn/fish pulavs. But I always loved this delicious pulav from my Aayi. It is very simple to make, yet amazingly tasty. When we were kids, my brother and I always loved this. As we grew up, somehow this pulav was forgotten, though we still can feel the taste of green pulav, peas pulav. Few days back, when I was talking to her, she mentioned about this. I was very hesitant to try it because of my previous experiences with not-so-great-tasting prawn pulavs. But now I am happy that I tried it. It is much easier to make and very tasty.

Pulav are not very popular at my native. People do not consider it as a ‘meal’. But aayi and my maternal grandmother made pulavs very frequently. Still there are people who do not think pulav is a ‘meal’.

Ingredients:
Prawns 15-20
Basmathi rice 2 cups
Onion(chopped) 3/4 cup
Tomato(chopped) 3/4 cup
Green chilies 2-3
Ginger 2″ piece
Turmeric powder a pinch
Coriander powder 1 tea spn
Chili powder 3/4 tea spn
Coriander leaves 3-4 strands
Oil/ghee
Salt

Method:
Cook rice (each grain should be separate. Pulav does not taste great when it becomes mushy).
Cook prawns in 1-2 cups water till they are done. Keep aside.
Heat oil, fry onion till they turn slightly brownish. Add chili powder, turmeric, finely chopped chilies, chopped ginger, coriander powder, chopped tomatoes, salt and fry for a 2-3mins. Add cooked prawns and fry for 1-2mins. Take off from heat.
Add cooked rice, chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Serve hot.

Serves : 4-5
Preparation time: 30mins

PS: Instead of cooking prawns initially, they can also be added after frying onions, fried for 3-4 mins and then remaining steps, as above.