Samvat Pulao - Vrat ke chawal ka pulao Recipe
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Ingredients
  • Sama / samvat rice / vrat ke chawal / barnyard millet - 1 cup
  • Carrots - ½ cup, finely chopped
  • Beans - ½ cup, finely chopped
  • Yellow bell pepper - 1 cup, finely chopped
  • Ginger - 1 tsp, finely chopped
  • Fresh curry leaves - 10 to 12
  • Green chillis - 1 or 2, finely chopped
  • Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
  • Cinnamon - 1 small piece (1/2 inch)
  • Cloves - 2 to 3
  • Water - 1 and ½ cup
  • Sendha namak - to taste
  • Oil - 1 tbsp
Instructions
  1. For making sama chawal for fasting, we will start with boiling sama or samvat rice.
  2. In a pan heat water. Just before boiling point of water add samvat rice and sendha namak to taste. Stir.
  3. Bring it to boil and then keep on simmer till the moisture evaporates and chawal becomes soft. Remove from gas and keep aside.
  4. Heat oil in pan.
  5. Add cumin seeds, small piece of cinnamon, 2 to 3 cloves. Saute till it become fragrant.
  6. Lower the flame and add finely chopped ginger to the oil. Saute for 1-2 minutes.
  7. Now, add fresh curry leaves and chopped green chillis. Saute for a minute on low flame.
  8. Add finely chopped carrots, beans, yellow bell pepper. Mix well. You can also add capsicum, chopped dry fruits.
  9. Cook for 5 to 8 minutes on medium flame and sprinkle sendha namak over the veggies and mix well.
  10. Take the boiled sama rice and add to the pan. Before adding sama ke chawal to the pan you may need to lightly mash them with hands as it tend to become thick.
  11. Mix well.
  12. Cover the pan with lid and let it simmer for 5 more minutes.
  13. Serve Sama rice pulao with curd or plain.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2 to 3
Recipe by Indian Cuisine at https://www.indicuisine.com/sama-rice-vrat-rice-pulao-recipe/