easy sama ke chawal pulao recipe | sama rice pulao | farali recipe | upvas recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: pulao
- Cuisine: north indian
Ingredients
for pulao:
- 1 cup sama rice / samo rice / moriyo / samvat / barnyard millet
- water (for soaking)
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 tsp cumin / jeera
- 3 pods cardamom
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
- 2 chilli (slit)
- ½ potato (cubed)
- ½ carrot (cubed)
- 2 cup water
- ½ tsp sendha namak / rock salt
- ½ tsp pepper powder
other ingredients:
- ½ tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 2 tbsp peanut
- 5 almond (halves)
- 10 cashew (halves)
- 2 tbsp dry coconut (sliced)
- ½ cup makhana / fox nuts
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
Method
- firstly, in a large bowl soak 1 cup sama rice for 20 minutes.
- in a large kadai heat 1 tbsp ghee, add 1 tsp cumin, 3 pods cardamom and ½ tsp pepper. saute slightly.
- now add 1 inch ginger, 2 chilli and saute well.
- add ½ potato, ½ carrot and saute for 3 minutes or until they are half cooked.
- further add soaked sama rice. make sure to drain off the water completely.
- pour in 2 cup water, ½ tsp sendha namak, ½ tsp pepper powder and mix well.
- cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until the sama rice is cooked completely.
- now in a pan heat ½ tbsp ghee, add 2 tbsp peanut, 5 almond, 10 cashew, 2 tbsp dry coconut, ½ cup makhana
- roast on low flame until they turn crunchy and golden brown.
- transfer the roasted nuts over pulao.
- add 1 tbsp lemon juice and 2 tbsp coriander. mix well making sure everything is well combined.
- finally, enjoy sama ke chawal pulao with curd.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.