Sama Rice Pulao is another popular saatvik recipe. To prepare this you’ll need sama rice (barnyard millet), tomatoes, green chillies, cumin seeds and ghee (clarified butter). This is a one pot recipe and sama rice is gluten free. Enjoy this pulao with plain yogurt or Cucumber Tomato Raita.
Try more Saatvik Recipes: Kuttu Cheela or Potato Curry.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: North Indian
Time: Preparation – 5 mins, Cooking – 25 mins, Total – 30 mins.
Servings: 2-3
Ingredients:
- Sama Rice (Barnyard Millet) – 1 cup (soak for 10-15 mins)
- Tomato – 2 medium (finely chopped)
- Ginger – 1/2 inch (grated)
- Green Chilli – 2 (finely chopped)
- Black Peppercorns – 4
- Cloves – 2
- Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
- Coriander Powder – 1 tsp (optional)
- Ghee (Clarified Butter) – 2 tbsp
- Water – 4 cups
- Rock Salt (Sendha Namak) to taste.
PS: 1 Cup = 250 ML.
How to make Sama Rice Pulao:
- Thoroughly rinse the socked rice and keep aside
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add black peppercorns and cloves. Let them splutter
- Add cumin seeds and let it splutter
- Add ginger and green chilli. Saute till aromatic
- Add tomatoes and coriander powder. Mix and saute till ghee starts to separate
- Add rice, rock salt and water. Mix and close lid. Turn the flame to high and cook for 3-4 whistles. Turn off the flame
- Once pressure settles down open the lid and your Sama Rice Pulao is ready. Serve hot with curd (yogurt) or raita.
I find it interesting you use rock salt. I am guessing it isn’t the rock salt we use outside on our sidewalks to melt the ice and snow…lol
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Haha… no no it’s different 😄
We generally use this salt in cooking fasting food. In Indian culture there are a few days when we do fasting 🙂
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Nice recipe
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Thank you!!!
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I never heard of this rice, very interesting 👍😊
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Thank you!!!
Yeah. It’s mainly prepared as fasting food. Tastes great too… try it sometime!!! 🙂🙂🙂
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Sure 🙂
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Sounds interesting and delicious too💯
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Thank you!!! Try it sometime 🙂🙂
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Nice recipe!!!
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Thank you 🙂
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