Make an easy meal with this simple and tasty pulau recipe
We never imagined what a bunch of flavourful spices can do to simple white rice. Well it’s a concoction that is easy to prepare and taste as palatable as it looks. The green peas add colour and visual appeal to the rice and leave you with something to chew on. Here’s the recipe of mattar waale chawal (green peas pulau) that will please your hungry soul.
Ingredients:
1 cup of raw rice which has soaked for 30 mins
2 cups of peas
Salt as per taste
Coriander leaves for garnish
2-3 clit green chillies
1 tsp of jeera seeds (cumin seeds)
2 tbsp of oil
2 black cardamoms
4-5 cloves
4-5 black pepper
2-3 sticks of cinnamon
1 aniseed
2-3 bay leaves
2 large onions, thinly sliced
2 cups of water
Method:
1) Heat oil in a deep pan
2) Add jeera seeds (cumin seeds), cloves, black pepper, cinnamon, and aniseed
3) Open and add the green cardamoms and bay leaves and stir well.
4) Then add the green chillies and the onions.
5) Sauté the onions until golden brown.
6) Add little salt (TIP: Adding the salt make the onions sweat faster)
7) Now add the peas and the remaining salt.
8) Next add the coriander leaves and mix well them all well
9) Add 2 cups of water and stir well
10) Let the water come to a boil.
11) Finally add the soaked rice and stir well.
12) Cover the pan with a lid and let the rice cook for 15-20 mins
13) Garnish with a few coriander leaves and serve.
Here’s the video
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