Saturday, September 29, 2007

Keema Aloo Pilau

This is a simple recipe and you can improvise it as per your wish and make it as rich as possible by adding dry fruits and saffron at the end.

Ingredients:
* Keema 250 gm
* Potato 1 medium
* Basmati Rice 400 gms
* Onion 1 medium
* Tomato 2 medium
* Whole garam masala 1 tbsp
* Red chilli powder 1 tsp
* Dhaniya powder 1 tsp
* Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
* Zeera powder 1/2 tsp
* Green masala 1 tbsp
* Oil
* Salt


Procedure:
Heat oil. Add zeera, whole garam masala, finely chopped onions and cook till onions turn light golden.
Add keema and all powder masala and cook till keema is completely cooked. Add diced potatoes and cook till potatoes look almost transparent.
Boil rice with zeera and ilaichi till it is 90% cooked. Drain the remaining water from the rice.
In a deep pan, add layer of half of the rice and then cover it with the aloo-keema masala then layer it with remaining rice.
Cover the lid and cook on very low heat for another half an hour till the rice and aloo are properly cooked.
Serve hot with dahi/raitha and garnish with fried dry fruits.

11 comments:

  1. Daagh bhai, this is more like keema aloo biryani. In palao the rice are cooked in the yakhni of whatever palo it is. but none the less it looks delicious.

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  2. Hello,

    This a very good and simple recipe. I will definitely try it. I was just wondering what kind of spices are included in whole garam masala.
    Thanks .....

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  3. Looks yummy as usual! Glad you back to posting, have missed your entries! :)

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  4. hii... went thru ur site tday.. its realllly really nice i must say...especially for us (THE BEGINNERS).... hmmm i hv a request plzzz.. my husband lovesss qeema.. and i dunno how to cook a delicious SIMPLE qeema recipe... frm my qeema the smell of beef is always there n has a kacha kacha touch... :( plzz help me

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  5. hey thts a very simple and mouthwatering dish.

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  6. hi yummy post. also can u add me to ur blog list.

    http://nourishingindianfood.blogspot.com/

    thanx ahead

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  7. Thanks Swaroopa.

    I will add you to the blog soon.

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  8. thanks all for your wonderful comments...

    lussi... yeah i think you can call it a keema biryani as well... :-D

    Tassu, the whole garam masala includes black pepper, big dark elaichi, cinnamon (daal-chini), bay leaves (tej patta) and cloves

    thanks Gaijin and Sabita :-)

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  9. You forgot to mention when to add the tomatoes and wen to ad the green masala...im trying it right now...i put them both in....wile cooking the keema...:-D....

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  10. Tried this and turned out to be yum-yum

    Thanks a lot!

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