Ingredients

• 2 cups - Basmati rice
• 2 cups - Chopped onions
• 3 - Tomatoes, chopped finely
• 2 cups - Large prawns, cleaned
• 2 stems - Lemon grass, cut into 2" strips
• 7-8 - Saffron strands
• 6-7 - Curry leaves
• 3 tbsp - Ghee /oil
• Coriander leaves for garnishing
• Salt as per taste
• For ground paste:
• 5 - red Kashmiri chillies
• 1/4 tsp - Turmeric powder
• 1/2" - Ginger
• 2 - Garlic pods
• 1 tbsp - cumin seeds
• 2 - Cloves
• 10 - Peppercorns
• 2 Cardamom
• 3-4 - Green chillies
• 1/2 tbsp - Fennel seeds

How to Make Colmi-No-Palau (Prawn Pulao)

• Wash the rice and soak for 40 minutes.
• Boil the rice with water, salt and lemon grass.
• When cooked, drain the water and remove the lemon grass from the rice.
• Roast saffron in a skillet.
• Crush and mix it with rice.
• Heat ghee /oil in a pan.
• Fry the onion till it turns brown.
• Remove half the onion and keep aside.
• Add the ground paste and curry leaves.
• Saute for 3-4 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and salt. Mix it well.
• Add prawn and let it cook for 15-20 minutes.
• Layer it on the rice.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.