Peas Pulao

Peas Pulao is a very popular dish in India that goes well with onion raitha and all other curries & gravies especially mushroom masala, egg curry. A simple and perfect dish to be prepared on your parties.

I modified this dish by adding few masalas that gave a real nice aroma and taste.

It came out real good and here is the recipe..


Ingredients
Peas - 150 gms
Basmathi Rice - 200 gms (washed, soaked in water for 20 min)
Onion - 2 (thinly sliced lengthwise)
Green Chillies - 1 or 2
Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 3/4 tsp
Corriander powder - 2 tsp
Water - 400 ml
Salt - to taste

To Season
Butter - 1/4 tsp
Ghee - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon - 2 strips
Cloves - 3
Green Cardamom - 2
Bay Leaf - 1 (small)

To Garnish
Ghee fried Cashews - 6
Carrot - few pieces
Capsicum - few pieces

Procedure
(1) Heat Butter, Ghee & Oil in a pan.
(2) Add the items given in To Season one-by-one.
(3) Add thin-sliced onions, little salt and saute till it turns dark brown.
(4) Add green chillies, ginger garlic paste & saute till raw smell is off.
(5) Now add the Peas and saute for 2 minutes.
(6) Add all the dry powders and some more salt.
(7) Add the soaked Basmathi rice and saute it for a minute very gently.
(8) Add water to the rice, cover the pan with a lid & allow it to cook for 5 min
(9) Grease the rice cooker pan with ghee all over its sides and bottom.
(10)Transfer the rice to the greased pan and cook it.
(11)It would turn its mode to Keep Warm once cooking is done.
(12)Allow it for a standing time of 5 min.
(13)Garnish the Pulao with items given in To Garnish.
(14)Serve the Masala Peas Pulao with onion raitha.