Masoor Pulao.

You can cook Masoor Pulao using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Masoor Pulao

1. Prepare 1 cup of whole Masoor.
2. You need 1 cup of rice soaked for about 30 minutes.
3. You need 5 tbs. of oil.
4. You need 1 of medium sized onion sliced.
5. You need 1 tbs. of ginger (Adrak) paste.
6. It's 1 tbs. of garlic (Lehsan) paste.
7. It's 1 tsp. of whole cumin seeds (Zeera).
8. It's 6 of black pepper (Kali Mirch).
9. Prepare 6 cloves of (Laung).
10. Prepare 1 of black cardamom (Bari Elaichi).
11. Prepare 1/2 inch of piece of cinnamon (Dalchini).
12. It's 1 tsp. of salt (according to taste.

Masoor Pulao step by step

1. Add about 3 cups of water and boil till the Masoor becomes tender but does not break apart. Drain and keep aside..
2. In another pan, heat the oil and add the onions. Sauté till it starts to turn brown..
3. Add the Ginger (Adrak), Garlic (Lehsan), Cumin Seeds (Zeera)), Black Peppercorn. (Kali Mirch)), Clove (Laung), Elaichi, cinnamon and salt along with ½ cup of water. Mix well and allow the water to dry..
4. Add the boiled masoor and presoaked rice. Add water so that it reaches about a 1½ cm above the level of the rice and masoor...
5. Cover and cook till water dries and the rice and masoor are tender. Reduce heat to the minimum, cook in their own steam (dum) for another 5 minutes and remove. Serve with chutney or Mint raita 😘😘.