“Oru maalai elaveyil neram, azhagaana ilai udhir kaalam……” (meaning, "one day on a beautiful fall season" - a song from a tamil film Gajni), I wanted something warm and a mildly spiced meal. A very simple dish, cause I was already feeling sleepy on a cold autumn day and didn't feel like cooking much. I thought hey, why not make a simple Pulao and the simplest Pulao that came to my mind was Green Peas Pulao. Here it is.
Ingredients:
1 cup Basmathi rice
Green Peas soaked in water the previous day – 1 cup heaped (Frozen peas is fine too)
Onion – 1 medium sized chopped
Salt
Ghee/Oil – 2 tablespoons
Cloves – 3
Cinnamon – ½ inch
Sonf – ½ teaspoon
Bay leaf – 1
Green chilli 2 small vertically slit.
Garlic – 3 pods sliced
Method:
Soak rice in water.
Heat Ghee/Oil in a Pressure Cooker (mine is heavy kadai pressure cooker from prestige), add Sonf, Cloves, Cinnamon, Bay Leaf, Garlic, Green Chillis and Onion. Sauté until the Onion turns translucent. Add the Peas, then Salt and stir. Allow the content to heat up. Drain the water and add the Basmathi rice to the heated content. Give a stir and allow it to get heated. Add 1 cup water and cook closed. Cook in high for 1 whistle and take the cooker away from the Cooking range, if it is electric cooking range. Open the lid after 15 to 20 minutes. Note: Do not open even if the indicator shows its ready to open). Warm Peas Pulao is ready. Garnish with Coriander leaves.
Click here for Sia's version of Peas Pulao.
This is my entry to Mixed rice varieties event hosted by EC of Simple Indian Food.
