Sunday, January 3, 2010

Cranberry Ginger Pilaf



Ingredients:
  • 2 cups Basmati Rice
  • 1 cup fresh Cranberries
  • 1/4 cup fresh ginger cut into julienne
  • 3 green chillies slit and cut lengthwise
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp ground red chilli
  • 1 tsp ground cumin-coriander powder
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 6-7 peppercorns
  • 1 -2 bay leaf
  • 1-2 sticks of cinnamon
  • 1 black cardamom(badi elaichi)
  • salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil
  • 4 cups water

***You could adjust the quantity of ginger depending on your taste. Personally, I feel the flavors of cranberrries and ginger go very well together. Also you could tell, my love for ginger.


Preparation :

  1. Wash and Soak 2 cups of rice in 4 cups of water. You will not need to add anymore water to make the pilaf. Just use this rice with the water. Keep this aside for around 15-20 minutes
  2. Now heat some oil in a pan . Now once the oil has warmed up add Cumin seeds. When they splutter, add peppercorns, bay leaf, Cardamom and cinnamon sticks.
  3. Add the freshly chopped ginger. Fry for about a minute.
  4. Keep the heat on low flame and add the green chillies and the cranberries. The cranberries will begin to pop, so be careful. After about half a minute, add turmeric, salt, red chilli, cumin/coriander powder. Then add the rice with the water which we had kept aside earlier.
  5. Let this cook uncovered on medium flame. Now when you see that most of the water has dried up (like 85-90%) set the stove to the lowest flame and cover the pan with a lid and cook for about 5 minutes
  6. Its ready to serve. You could Serve this Cranberry Pilaf with Pineapple Raita.(The Tartness of the Cranberries could be reduced by the sweetness of the Pineapple Raita .)

21 comments:

  1. This is so new to me and looks so delicious!..thx for sharing such a lovely recipe, dear!

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  2. Truly captivating. Pic is very tempting. Novel preparation and inviting.

    Chitchat

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  3. really beautiful pic, quiet different from the usual and an interesting one...looks delicious

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  4. Omg, wat a beautiful dish..looks fantastic and prefect..

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  5. Dear Dolly
    This dish is awesome,,but don't know where to get cranberry in Delhi :-(. I think I will give it a try without it...and bit more of ginger..ha ha
    Have a nice week

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  6. Wow, the cranberries look like little jewels hiding between the grains of rice- so beautiful! :)

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  7. Thats really a superb picture...very innovative dish.:) Have a nice week.

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  8. Nice pilaf,will try with dry cranberries becoz i dont like fresh ones...yummmm

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  9. Beautiful pilaf..Loved the pancake too in the last post..This looks so colorful and would make a perfect party dish..Hope you had a great holiday season ,Dolly :-)

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  10. looks absolutely delicious. Yum!!

    Belated wishes for a happy new year 2010 to you and your family :)

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  11. Omg, cant take my eyes from those beautiful cranberries hiding between the rice, marvellous dolly..Would like to finish rite now..:)

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  12. Oh My!!! That looks absolutely delicious dea..!!
    Love to grab that plate now..Yummy and delicious..

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  13. hey dolly very nice pilaf...loved the combo on cranberries n ginger...nice creation

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  14. Beautiful, interesting recipe...

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  15. Interesting ,beautiful and delicious looking recipe. Have bookmarked it,will try it sometimes.
    Also thank you for stopping by my space:).

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  16. Interesting recipe... lovely presentation... looks very very tempting

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  17. What a good looking dish. Little rubies amdst the gold.

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  18. Great-looking biriyani! Wonderful as compared to regular biriyani :) I'm bookmarking this to try soon.

    -Divya
    TastyVegCooking

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