Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Peas Pulav

INGREDIENTS:

Big onion - 1 chopped
Green chilli - 2 (vertically cut into four)
Curry leaves - few
Frozen Peas or fresh - 1 cup [if you want to add dry pea, soak for atleast six hours before use]
Coconut milk - 2 cups
Butter/Ghee - 3 spoons(or more according to your taste)
Cumin Seeds - 2 spoons
Basmathi rice - 2 cups
Salt

METHOD:

Wash the rice twice or thrice in water, drain the water and keep aside
Heat butter in a pressure cooker.
Add cumin seeds. Once cumin seeds fry add curry leaves, Green chillies. Fry for few seconds and add onions
Fry till golden brown. Add peas and fry for few seconds.
Add the drained rice and fry (if possible add a spoon of butter/ghee )
Fry for few seconds and add 2 cups coconut milk and 2 cups water
Add salt and adjust according to taste. Mix well
Close the cooker lid and leave till 3 whistles, switch off the stove.
After few minutes open the cooker lid and mix well

Notes:
Curd with boonthi/Curd with cucumber will be good combination for peas pulav
Fry few onion pieces in butter/ghee and add to the top of peas pulav [if u dont worry about calories!! ;) ]

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