Ingredients

• 200 gms. rice, wash and soak
• 250 gms. meat, boil adding salt and reserve ½ cup stock
• Masala for Meat:
• 2 tsp. coriander seeds
• 2 tsp. poppy seeds
• 2 tsp. sesame seeds
• 2 tsp. groundnuts
• 2 tsp. roasted gram (chana)
• 9 cashewnuts
• 3 red chillies with seeds
• 3 red chillies without seeds
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 small onion
• ½ tsp. cumin seeds
• 1 ½ piece ginger
• ¼ coconut
• 2 cloves
• 1 cardamom
• 3 peppercorns
• 2” piece cinnamon
• ½ cup concentrated coconut milk
• 3 big green chillies (malu miris)
• For the rice:
• 2 cardamoms
• 2 cloves
• 4 peppercorns
• 2” piece cinnamon
• ½ tsp. ginger
• ½ tsp. garlic
• 1 tbsp. onions (browned)

How to Make Mauritius Pulao

• Heat oil, put in all ingredients for rice, add rice, cook for a while, then add 1 ½ cups water. Cook rice till done.
• For the meat: Roast and grind masala, put oil in a pan, fry the ground masala well, to this add ½ cup coconut milk and ½ cup stock, also add 3 big green chillies, slit, cook masala till oil come up, add boiled meat.
• To serve: Put rice on a plate, cover with meat mixture, garnish with chopped coriander and potato chips (optional).