Matar Pulao

Name: Matar Pulao
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter; 1 tsp cumin seeds / jeera; 5 cloves / lavang; 1 bay leaf / tej patta; 1 star anise / chakr phool; 1 inch cinnamon stick / dalchini; 10 black pepper / kali mirch; 3 cardamom / elachi; 1 medium sized onion thinly sliced; 1 small green chilli slit lenthwise; 1 tsp ginger garlic paste; 1 cup basmati rice soaked 30 minutes; 1 cup peas / matar fresh / frozen; 1.5 cups water; to taste salt

Poonam Joshi @PoonamJoshi19

India

The peas pulao is aromatic and has sweet tones because of peas or matar. Thishis pulao can be made with fresh or frozen peas.

Poonam Joshi @PoonamJoshi19

India

The peas pulao is aromatic and has sweet tones because of peas or matar. Thishis pulao can be made with fresh or frozen peas.

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Ingredients

1 tbspghee / clarified butter
1 tspcumin seeds / jeera
5 cloves/ lavang
1bay leaf / tej patta
1star anise / chakr phool
1 inchcinnamon stick / dalchini
10black pepper / kali mirch
3cardamom / elachi
1medium sized onion thinly sliced
1small green chilli slit lenthwise
1 tspginger garlic paste
1 cupbasmati rice soaked 30 minutes
1 cuppeas / matar fresh / frozen
1.5 cupswater
to tastesalt

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Steps

1

Firstly, in a cooker heat ghee and add cumin seeds.
2

Further add cloves, bay leaf, star anise, cinnamon stick, black pepper and cardamom. saute till they turn aromatic.
3

Furthermore, saute onions till they turn translucent.
also saute green chilli and ginger-garlic paste.
4

Additionally add green peas and saute well. either add fresh or frozen peas.
further add basmati rice soaked for atleast 30 minutes and saute gently.
5

Now add 1.5 cups of water. always add 1.5 cups of water to 1 cup of basmati rice
6

Additionally add salt to taste and mix well.
pressure cook for 2 whistles on medium flame
7

Once the pressure releases from the cooker, gently fluff.
finally, serve peas pulao or mattar pulao with raita or with paneer curries.