Peas pulao | matar pulao recipe with video and step-wise pictures. This pulao recipe is a highly nutritious, easy to make recipe in a pressure cooker.
To this recipe we ll be using fresh peas, if you have frozen peas that is also can be used. combination ghee whole spices, green chilly with mint and coriander leaves gives nice aromatic mild spiced pulao. This pulao will be suitable for dinner as well as lunch along with any side dish like potato curry or any salan or raita
Let us see how to make it
peas pulao | matar pulao
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp black cumin
- 2 inch cinnamon
- 4 cloves
- 1 star anise
- 4 cardamom
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/8 tsp peppercorns countedly 12 peppercorns
- 1 green chilly
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste/crushed
- 1 onion (medium-sized) (chopped)
- 1 cup fresh peas (or frozen peas)
- 2 tbsp chopped mint leaves
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- few cashew for garnish
Instructions
- Firstly soak the 1 cup of basmati rice for 20 minutes
Pressure cooking:
- Heat 2 tbsp of ghee in a pressure cooker, put the whole spices. (1 tsp of black cumin, 1 bay leaf, 2-inch cinnamon, 4 cloves, 1-star anise, 1/8 tsp of peppercorns)
- Secondly, add 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste / crushed, 1 green chilly slit, 1 onion chopped. Saute well till onion becomes glossy
- Thirdly add 2 tbsp of chopped mint leaves and 2 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves, saute for 30 seconds in low flame
- Now add soaked basmati rice, mix gently
- And then pour in 1½ cup of water
- Add enough salt
- Pressure cook it for 1 whistle in medium flame
- After pressure naturally settled down in cooker, open the lid
- fluff the pulao with spoon. serve after 5 minutes
Step-wise Picture Recipe:
peas pulao | matar pulao
Note:
Before starting to cook, soak the basmati rice for 20 minutes.
This can be made with the normal rice too.
Raita, Potato curry, salan can be used as a side dish for this pulao
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