From My Mother's Kitchen: Matar Pulao (Peas with Rice)

Monday, 4 March 2013

Matar Pulao (Peas with Rice)

Matar Pulao

Matar Pulao (Peas with Rice)

People who are vegetarian , and fond of peas and rice, their taste buds will surely love the taste of Matar- Pulao... from my mother's kitchen.
Mummy always preferred to use good quantity of fresh peas to make Matar- Pulao ..... that tasted great .... I can feel that taste even now.... which we enjoyed with mix salad and tomato chutney.

Category- vegetarian
Time - 20 minutes
People-2-3
Ingredients-

Fresh peas- 1 kg
Baasmati rice-1/2 k.g.(soaked in water for 1/2 hour.)
Cooking oil- 6 table spoon
Cumin seeds- 1/4 tea spoon
Onion paste- 5 table spoon
Garam-masala- 1/4 tea spoon
Green chili-6
Salt - 1/2 tea spoon
Bay Leaves- 3

How to cook

Heat oil in heavy bottom vessel, add zeera ,onion paste garam masala, green chili, salt , bay leaves, and stir a little. Mix 1/2 cup of water with gravy and cook it for few minutes to get extract of the spices. When oil starts leaving the edges of the vessel then mix fresh peas and cook it for another few minutes then add soaked rice and 2 glass of water and mix it well all together. Cover the lid and bring it to boil, in between stir 2-3 times. Adjust salt and cook it on the low flame till it turn soft and well cooked .

If you are cooking matar pulao in pressure cooker,... then you need to add only one glass of water and bring it to 2 whistle on the low flame then turn off the heat.