Corn pulao recipe | How to make corn rice | Sweet corn palav or pulav recipe
By Latha on December 12th, 2018
Corn pulao or corn rice recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. This corn pulao or rice is very tasty, nutritious and one pot meal recipe. Corn pulao or corn rice is prepared using rice, sweet corn, onion, tomato, green chili, coconut, ginger, garlic and few other spices.
Sweet corn is corn is packed with high nutrients which are useful for a human body in many ways. Sweet corn prevents constipation and various other digestive problems. It is a very helpful for diabetic people. It is high in vitamin C and a good source of fiber. Moreover it s very tasty. You can find 2 more yummy recipes using sweet corn on this website like buttered sweet corn and corn cutlet recipes.
These days sweet corns are easily availabe everywhere. So please do include sweetcorn in your diet. It is tasty as well as healthy.
If you are looking for more Karnataka style ricebath recipes, then do check my easy bisi bele bath, veg pulav, tomato bath, lemon rice, ghee rice, pongal, gorikayi rice bath, vangi bath, cabbage rice or cabbage bath, puliyogare and pudina pulao recipes.
Or if you are looking for more Karnataka style breakfast recipes then do visit our breakfast section.
I have made a quick video on this corn pulao recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 20 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 3
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1 cup rice (I use sona masuri)
- 1 finger length cinnamon
- 8-10 cloves
- 1 cardamom
- 2 big onions
- 2 tomatoes (or 1/2 lemon)
- 1 Star Anise
- 1 Indian bay leaf
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder (optional)
- 3 tbsp cooking oil / Ghee
- 2 cups water (depends on rice quality)
- Salt as per your taste
Ingredients for grinding: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1/2 cup grated coconut
- 2cm length ginger
- 5-6 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1-2 green chili
- 1 handfull coriander leaves
- 1/2 cup water for grinding
Instructions for making corn pulao:
- Rinse the rice and keep it ready. Also chop the tomatoes and onions and keep it ready.
- Take all the ingredients listed under "for grinding".
- Make a coarse paste using 1/2 cup of water. Keep it aside.
- Take oil or ghee in a pressure cooker and heat it. Add in all dry spices like cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf, star Anise and cardamom.
- Add in chopped onions and fry until soft.
- Add in chopped tomatoes and fry until soft. If you want to add lemon juice at the end instead of tomatoes.
- Add in ground masala and tumeric powder. Saute until raw smell is gone.
- Add in sweet corn and give a quick mix.
- Add in rinsed rice. Mix it well.
- Add in 2 cups of water (little more or less depending on rice quality).
- Add in salt and mix well.
- Wait until it comes to rolling boil.
- Close the lid and make 2 whistles.
- Once the pressure subsides, open the lid and mix carefully. Add in lemon juice at this stage if you want to replace tomatoes with lemon juice. Serve hot with mosaru bajji or salad.
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