GREEN PEAS PULAO

Hello all... Today i am sharing with you simple and tasty recipe GREEN PEAS PULAO :) This is one of my favorite recipe. As you all know green peas is very rich in proteins, vitamins and minerals. So lets know how to prepare this quick recipe  :)

Preparation time : 20 mins
Cooking time  : 30 mins
Serves 3

INGREDIENTS
1 and 1/2 glass basmati rice, soaked for 15 mins
3 glasses water
2 onions, diced into slices
2-3 green chillies, cut into slits
1/2 cup mint leaves / pudina leaves
2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
1 cup green peas, i used frozen ones
Salt as per taste
3 tbsp oil
4 cloves/laung/lavangalu
2 one inch pieces of dalchini/dalchinachekka/cinnamon sticks
4 green cardamom/green elachi
1 whole star anise, broken into pieces
2 bay leaves / biryani leaves

PREPARATION

• Soak basmati rice for 15 mins, keep aside.
• Dice onions into slices, green chillies into slits
• Grind 1 inch ginger pieces and 8-10 garlic pods into paste.

METHOD OF COOKING  

• Take a wide cooking vessel, add oil.
• Once the oil is heat add laung, dalchini, green cardamom, star anise and biryani leaves. Let them fry.
• Add onions, mint leaves and green chillies. Let onions fry until golden brown.
• Now add ginger-garlic paste and fry until raw smell goes away.
• Add green peas and fry for 2-3 mins.
• Add 3 glasses water, salt. Let it boil on high flame.
• Reduce the flame to low, add soaked basmati rice. Mix and let it boil on high flame.
• Once it starts boiling reduce the flame to low and keep the lid.
• Cook the rice until water gets completely absorbed. Off the stove and leave it for 5 mins.
• Serve hot with onion raita and any gravy curry of your choice.

TIPS

• Do not overmix the rice after adding in water. This makes the rice sticky.