Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Simple and easy peas pulav

Try peas pulav with minimal ingredients.

Ingredients:

Peas - 1/2 cup
Basmathi rice - 1 cup [ soaked for 15-30 mins]
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Sliced onions - 1 Large
jeera - 1/2 spoon
green chilies - 2 slit lengthwise. this is the spice quotient. 
bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves - 1 or 2 based on the size.
salt - as needed
Ghee - 1 spoon
oil - 1 spoon

Method:
  1. Ghee and oil in wok.
  2. Jeera in.
  3. Bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves in
  4. Green chilies in.
  5. onion in. fry till translucent.
  6. Ginger garlic paste in. 
  7. Peas in. Fry all together for 2 minutes.
  8. Basmathi rice in with 1.25 cups of water.
  9. Close the lid and simmer for 10 minutes.
  10. use a fork to mix the cooked rice. This makes sure that the rice remain as long grains.
Serve hot with onion raitha or dal or some spicy non veg gravy.