Bohri masoor pulao (lentil rice) recipe to make at home in easy steps

Bohri masoor pulao recipe (lentil rice) is one of most go-to dishes cooked in Bohri cuisine. It is often served in mosque during a happy occasion. This pulao is served with Sarki (a refreshing traditional Bohra soup served with lentils) or Kadhi and is usually relished with fried Bhajiyaas. Here is step by step guide to making one of famous Bohri recipes at home.

Bohri masoor pulao recipe ingredients

For masoor curry, you will need whole red lentils, green chillies, teaspoons of ginger and garlic paste, finely chopped onions, tomatoes, and curry leaves. n for spices, you will need red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, pepper, salt, garam masala, ghee and oil. Make sure you cook masoor mixture in ghee.

For rice, you may take basmati rice, bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon sticks, and ghee. You can garnish rice with finely chopped deep-fried onions and cashew nuts. Some also like garnishing Bohri masoor pulao with raisins.

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Step 1: For Bohri masoor pulao recipe, begin with washing and soaking masoor in lots of water for at least a few hours or overnight. Once done, discard water. Take a pressure cooker and heat some ghee in it.

n add your slit green chillies, ginger and garlic paste, and let it splutter properly. After it is done, add finely chopped onions to it. Once y turn slightly brown, add tomatoes. Let everything cook until oil separates. 

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Step 2: For  Bohri masoor pulao recipe, make sure you add a perfect blend of spices. Go on to adding turmeric powder, coriander, cumin and red chilli powder to your previously made mixture and let it cook for a few minutes.

Add strained masoor to paste and n add some water. w, cover pressure cooker and cook till two whistles. 

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Step 3: To prepare rice, first, boil rice and let it partly cook. n add your spices to it. Add some cloves, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves and cardamoms. Let m all boil and cook with rice for a perfect blend of taste. Once rice is cooked, layer it on masoor mixture prepared earlier.

n take a small pan and fry items for garnishing. First, fry sliced onions till y turn golden brown. Next, fry raisins & nuts separately until y turn golden. Layer it all on rice. 

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