Matar Pulao
a simple yet flavourful rice dish made with basmati rice, few aromatic whole spices and green peas.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- ¾ cup fresh green peas/ frozen peas
- 2 tbsp ghee/ oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 1 bay leaf (tej patta)
- 3 cloves (laung/lavang)
- 2 to 3 cardamoms (elaichi)
- 8 to 10 cashew nuts
- 1 medim sized onion, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp garam masala
Instructions
- Wash the rice and soak it in water for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, drain the water and keep aside.
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker.
- Add cumin seeds. When the seeds start crackling, add bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon, cardamoms and cashew nuts. Saute for few seconds.
- Next, add thinly sliced onions and saute till it starts changing its colour.
- Now, add ginger garlic paste and saute for few seconds.
- Add green peas and mix.
- Now, add the soaked rice and give a quick mix.
- Add salt and garam masala.
- Add 1 ½ cups of water.
- Close the pressure cooker and cook for 2 whistles.
- After the pressure cooker cools down a little and when the steam has escaped completely, open the pressure cooker.
- Using a spoon, fluff up the rice.
- Serve matar pulao as it is or with raita or paneer gravy or chicken curry or egg curry .