A flavored rice made with basmathi rice and green peas. This can be served with any spicy kurma and onion raita.
Cauliflower Spicy Kurma
Difficulty: EasyThis spicy kurma (gravy) is made with cauliflower, onion and tomato. This kurma can be served with any Indian Bread or pulav.
Peas Pulav
Course: RiceCuisine: IndianDifficulty: Easy
Servings
4
servingsPrep time
5
minutesCooking time
15
minutesA flavored rice made with basmathi rice and green peas. This can be served with any spicy kurma and onion raita.
Ingredients
Basmathi Rice – 2 cups
Green Peas – 2 cups
Big Onion – 2
Green Chillies – 3 to 4
Fresh ginger chopped finely – 1 teaspoon
Garlic flakes chopped finely – 1 teaspoon
Oil – 2 to 3 tablespoons
Cinnamon stick – 2 small pieces
Cloves – 2
Cardamom – 2
Bay Leaves – a small piece
Salt – 2 teaspoons or as per taste
Directions
- Wash the rice and soak it in water for about 30 minutes.
- Chop the onion and slit the green chillies lengthwise.
- In a pressure cooker, add the oil and when it is hot add cinnamon stick, cloves, whole cardamom and bay leaf. Fry for a while.
- Add chopped onion, slit green chillies, chopped garlic and ginger. Fry till onion turn glossy. Add green peas and fry for few seconds.
- Drain the water completely from the soaked rice and add it now. Gently turn the rice and stir fry till it is very hot to touch.
- Add 4 cups of water along with a teaspoon of lemon juice and salt. Stir well. Close with lid and pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles.
- Can be served with any spicy kurma and onion raita.
Notes
- Instead of fresh ginger and garlic pieces, ginger garlic paste can also be used. But to keep the flavour of ginger and garlic to minimum, I used fresh ginger and garlic.
- Also I cooked it for 4 whistles to get the pulav very soft. If you want to get rice grains separated and firm, then reduce the water quantity to 3 and half cups and cook for 3 whistles,