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Chanar polau or Chena pulao recipe

It’s a delicious Bengali pulao recipe.

  • Prep time:
  • 40mins
  • cook time:
  • 40mins
  • serves:
  • 4

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Level : Moderate

Cuisine : Asian

Course : Mains

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Ingredients

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  • 1. Take rice wash 2-3 times and soak for half an hour.Take a pan and add 1/2 tbsp ghee on medium flame. Add 1/ 2 cup chhena ,salt to taste,1/2 tbsp sugar.now sautĂ© for 2-3 minutes . Now take it out of the pan and set aside.
  • 2. Now add 1 tbsp all purpose flour with remaining 1/2 cup chhena. Mix well.Now add salt according to taste sugar and dry roasted masala powder. Mix well and Knead it for 2 -3 minutand make a soft and smooth dough .
  • 3. Now apply ghee on palm, take small portion of dough and make small balls. Now heat a pan add 2 tbsp ghee on medium flame, add the chena balls and fry until golden brown. Now take them out and keep aside.
  • 4. Now drain the water from the rice and dry the rice for 10 minutes.Now take the rice, add 1/2 tbsp garam masala powder (green cardamom ,black cardamom,cinnamon,cloves ,nutmeg,mace), finely chopped ginger, salt, turmeric, raisins and mix them well.
  • 5. Now heat a pan on medium flame, add remaining ghee . Add whole garam masala, bay leaves, black pepper bits and sautĂ© for 30 seconds. Now add the marinated rice and sautĂ© for 2-3 minutes on low to medium flame. Now add 4 cups of hot water and cover with a lid and cook for 10minutes on low to medium heat
  • 6. After 10 minutes add finely chopped almond, green chilies, fried chena(not chena balls)and sugar. Mix gently and cover with the lid.
  • 7. Now mix the saffron with warm milk. After 5 minutes, add fried chena balls and saffron milk. Mix gently. Cover with the lid and cook for 3- 4 minutes on medium flame. After 3 minutes turn off the heat and keep aside for 30 minutes it’s ready to serve.
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