Peas Pulao (Matar Pulao)
A very easy rice recipe and can be prepared in half an hour with little effort. You can serve this with your favourite gravy. With a few ingredients it gets prepared fast and tastes awesome. I have used basmati rice to prepare pulao, You can use normal rice too . Basmati rice contains carbohydrates, protein, less fat, fiber, vitamins and minerals. Compared with normal rice, basmati rice is low in calories. It has good aroma and great nutritional value. Here i have used pressure cooker to make this pulao.
I will be publishing a separate recipe on how to cook basmati rice in open pot, closed pot and pressure cooker soon.
- 2 People
- 5 Minutes
- 25 Minutes
Ingredients
- Basmati rice - 1 cup
- Water - 1 ¼ th cup
- Frozen green peas - ½ cup
- Cloves - 5 to 6
- Black pepper - 5 to 6
- Salt - 1 tbsp
- Ghee - ½ tbsp
- Oil- ½ tbsp
Directions
- Wash and soak the rice for around 15 minutes.
- In a pressure cooker add oil and ghee and allow it to become hot.
- When oil and ghee is hot add cloves and black pepper and fry them ( i have only added cloves and black pepper as I don’t like too much of masala in my peas pulao, You can also add an inch of cinnamon and green cardamom).
- Then add frozen green peas and fry for 3 minutes ( i have used frozen green peas, fresh peas can also be used then you need to fry them around 5 to 7 minutes.
- Drain the water from rice completely using a strainer and add it to cooker (This is important as extra water in rice can make it mushy).
- Fry the rice for around 5 minutes or till the water in the rice grains are evaporated.
- Now add water and salt ( For a fluffy and non sticky pulao quantity of water is very important while preparing in cooker. For 1 measure of rice 1 ¼ th cup water has to be taken)
- Soon after water starts to boil close the cooker lid and let it cook for 2 whistles in high flame.
- Open the lid of cooker after the steam is released completely .
- Hot peas pulao is ready to be served with gravy of your choice.
- You can also add cashews it is optional.
- I will write a detailed text on why we need to soak rice , how to cook basmati rice in different methods very soon.
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