Pulao masala

Pulao Masala is a special blend of spices used all over India and the rest of the Indian subcontinent as a flavorant while preparing pulao (a flavored rice based dish). This special blend of spice is used in very small quantity at the end of cooking or is fried in the beginning of cooking which adds a wonderful, aromatic and subtle flavor to the cooked rice. Pulao Masala is mainly added to those flavored rice like the vegetable pulao, egg pulao, chicken pulao etc. Pulao masala is made with a fusion of few spices which includes Star anise (badyani), bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and pepper corns. Pulao masala helps in recreating the mixed flavors of all the whole spices used in a pulao without roasting and grinding them individually.