Peas pulao is a popular north indian rice dish. It is made using a combination of basmati rice, peas, spices cooked in ghee. These taste amazing with any spicy curries.
Peas Pulao | Peas Pulao Recipe
Peas Pulao Recipe with step by step pictures and video.
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What is Peas Pulao?
Pulao is a simple rice dish from north india. it is very popular and made on a regular basis. Pulao is a made by a mixture of rice, vegetables, whole spices and ghee.
Usually pulao is very mild in taste without addition of heavy spice powders. Whole spices like cinnamon, cardamom, cumin is added for aroma.
Spice powders are restricted but occasionally it is used. Readymade pulao masala is added to create a tasty pulao.
How to Make Pulao Masala
Recipe for pulao masala is very simple. Combination of spices is roasted on a low flame till fragrant and then powdered in a spice grinder.
Cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, fennel seeds, star anise, cumin seeds and black pepper is added in pulao masala.
These spices are taken in equal portion except cardamom and cloves which are added ¼th. Roast all these spices are roasted dry till fragrant and powdered in a blender.
Similar Recipes,
Jeera Pulao
Soya Pulao
Shahi Pulao
Jeera Veg Pulao
Beetroot Pulao
How to Make Peas Pulao
- Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker. Add in whole spices and let it sizzle.
- Add in onion, green chillies and saute till golden.
- ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
- Add in spice powders and salt.
- Add in peas, cashews and kishmish and mix well.
- Now add in rice, water, coconut milk. Bring it to a boil. Cover it and simmer for 10 mins or so.
- Let the steam go all by itself. Fluff the rice and serve.
Finally the wait is over. We are blessed with another baby girl. Maha is more excited than us seeing her little sister. After a week or so in hospital i am slowly recovering from the c section. The pain is much better now and i am trying to get back to blogging. Thought of sharing this simple peas pulao.
Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
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Ingredients
- Ghee - 1 tblspn
- Oil - 1 tblspn
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 2 cm piece
- Cardamom - 4
- Cloves - 4
- Onion - 1 large sliced thinly
- Green Chillies - 2 slit
- Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tblspn
- Basmati Rice - 1 cup
- Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
- Turmeric Powder - ½ tsp
- Garam Masala Powder - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Cashews - 2 tblspn
- Raisins / Kishmish - 2 tblspn
- Coconut Milk - 1 cup
- Water - ½ cup
- Frozen Peas - 1 cup
Instructions
- Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker. Add in whole spices and let it sizzle.
- Add in onion, green chillies and saute till golden.
- Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
- Add in spice powders and salt.
- Add in peas, cashews and kishmish and mix well.
- Now add in rice, water, coconut milk. Bring it to a boil. Cover it and simmer for 10 mins or so.
- Let the steam go all by itself. Fluff the rice and serve.
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Peas Pulao with Step by Step Pictures
Basic Matar Pulao Recipe
Matar Pulao | Matar Pulao Recipe
Matar Pulao is a simple rice dish made using rice, peas, spices and coconut milk or water.
How to Make Matar Pulao in Pressure cooker
- Follow the complete recipe. But instead of making it in a kadai, use a pressure cooker.
- for 1 cup of rice use 1.5 cup of water. This is the perfect ratio.
- Cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle.
- Let the pressure release by itself and then open the cooker.
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Matar Pulao | Matar Pulao Recipe
Ingredients
- Basmati Rice - 1 cup
- Onion - 1 sliced thinly
- Peas - 1 cup I used frozen
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
- Green Chilli - 4 to 5
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Ghee - 2 tblspn
- Water - 1 cup
Instructions
- Wash Rice in lots of water. Now Soak basmati rice for 30 mins. Drain it and set aside.
- Heat ghee in a kadai.
- Add in cumin seeds and let them crackle.
- Add in onions and saute till they turn translucent.
- Add in green chilli, ginger garlic paste and salt.
- Now add in peas and mix well.
- Throw in the soaked and drained rice.
- Fry that in the ghee for 1 mins.
- Now take your electric rice cooker.
- Pour this mixture into the bowl of it and place inside the rice cooker.
- Add in 1 cup of water and mix well.
- Close the rice cooker and let it cook till the rice cooker turns off.
- Let it stay in warm mode for 5 mins.
- Now serve the perfectly cooked peas pulav with any curry.
If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.
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Matar Pulao with Step by Step Pictures
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Heat ghee in a kadai |
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| add cumin and let it sizzle |
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| add onions in |
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| and green chilli |
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| throw in ginger garlic paste and salt |
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| and peas...I used frozen |
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| mix well |
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| add in rice and mix well |
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| Now take your rice cooker |
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| add this mixture in |
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| add water |
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| and set it to cook mode |
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| when the rice cooker turns off, then the rice is done |
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| Serve.. |
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madhu mita
glad that u are blessed with baby girl... stay blessed
Remya
congratulations....God bless your lovely family.
Anonymous
Congrats aarthi !
Take adequate rest
Yeleena Thomas
Congratulations Aarthi. Do take rest.
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congrats Aarthi
Anonymous
Congrats Aarthi!!May god bless ua nd your family with all happiness
Indhuashok
Congrats aarthi.... happy to hear that you are blessed with baby girl.... take care...
Vivian D'souza
Congratulations on becoming a mother of two. So happy for you. God bless you. Let us know what you named your little one.
Shilpa
Congrats Arti! wish your whole family lotsa love. Your dedicstion towards your work is amazing. And this new recipe looks yummy to be gobbled uo
Sudarvili Rajagopal
Congratulations Aarthi
Neha
Congratulations Aarthi!!! God bless the little angel. Awaiting to see your baby's picture.
RANJINI PRASAD
Congratulation take care
geetha
Congratulation ....... Take rest😃
Anonymous
Very happy for you and the little one. Stay blessed
Anonymous
Congrats mam:)
Sathya S
Congratulations for you and your family. Started cooking in a week after delivery?
Krithi
Congrats Aarthi. Your commitment to this blog is commendable
Priya S
Hi Aarthi, Very happy for you 🙂 I follow your post always and your blogs only gave me confident on cooking 🙂 Take care...
Anonymous
Congratulations aarthi
Ambhika Senthil
Hi,
Should we soak basmati rice.if so,how long should we soak?
yawanika
Congratulations Aarthi & God bless both you and your baby with good health!!!
Anonymous
Congratulation. God Bless. Take rest
Anonymous
Congratulations Aarthi...Take caare of your health...
Unknown
Congratulations Arthi..I love all your recipes and I am a big fan of your recipes.god bless and take care
Anonymous
wow congrats
hope new akka is still excited
Anonymous
Congrats Aarthi 🙂 ... I tried this recipe for dinner..turned out to be awesome..Thank you so much 🙂
Esther
Congratulations Aarthi !!!
sharon
Congratulations aarthi
Priya kannan
Congrats Aarthi 🙂
Jacqueline c.s.
God bless u all
Anonymous
Ambika we have to soak the rice .I've soaked for 30 minutes.it came good
yummytummyeveryone
This is the best peas pulao recipe ever. I've tried it so many times and it never fails. Made it for friends the other day and they loved it too. Such a simple recipe as well.
Kavinaya
Tried peas pulav and it tasted good..!