Peas Pulao

Second day of the blogging marathon and I chose a rice dish. Peas pulao is a simple yet a tasty rice recipe which can be prepared in a jiffy. I usually make this when pressed for time and want li'l IB to eat healthy and he loves it.

Ingredients:
1&1/2 cups basmati rice(washed and soaked in water for 30 mins),
Little less than 1/2 cup peas(fresh or frozen) ,
1/2 a medium onion, thinly sliced,
2 green chillies, slit vertically,
2- 1inch pieces of cinnamon sticks,
3 elaichi/cardamom,
5-6 cloves,
1 bay leaf
12 cashews,
1 tsp dhaniya pwd,
1/2 tsp jeera,
1/2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste,
Salt to taste,
1/4 tsp turmeric
3.5 cups of water (to cook rice in),
1 tsp ghee,
2 tsp oil.

• Heat ghee, add cinnamon sticks, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf,cashews and fry till the spices release a nice aroma.
• Add sliced onion and green chillies and saute till the onion turn translucent.
• Add ginger-garlic paste and fry for 3 mins (till the raw smell disappears).
• Add dhaniya pwd, jeera pwd, salt, turmeric and peas and cook for 6-8 mins or till the peas are half cooked.
• Add soaked and drained basmati rice and saute for 3-4 mins, taking care not to break or burn the rice.
• Add the water and let boil. Adjust seasonings.
• Close lid and cook till rice is done.
• Once done, fluff with fork.
• Serve hot with curry and raitha of choice.
• Enjoy!!!

Do check out and enjoy the wonderful recipes posted by my blogger buddies on the second da of the blogging marathon.

Azeema,  Champa, Gayathri Anand, Gayathri Kumar, Harini, Jay, Meena, Minu, Padma, Pavani, PJ, Priya Mahadevan, Priya Suresh, Priya Vasu, Rujuta, Santosh, Saraswathi, Savitha, Shanavi, Shobana, Smitha, Sowmya,  Srivalli, Suma, Usha and  Veena .