Peas Pulao

• RICE 2 1/2 cups
• ONIONS SLICED 4
• GREEN CHILIES 4
• SMALL CARDAMOMS 6
• OIL 1 cup
• PEAS 2 cups
• YOGURT 1/2 cup
• BLACK CUMIN 1 tsp
• GINGER GARLIC PASTE 1 tbsp
• BUTTER 1 tbsp
• SALT to taste
Ingredients for stock:
• GINGER 1 piece
• ONIONS 2
• GARLIC 2 bulbs
• HOT SPICES POWDER to taste
• SALT to taste
• WATER 2-3 glasses
• FENNEL SEEDS 1 tsp
• CORIANDER SEEDS 1 tbsp

METHOD:

Soak 2 1/2 cups rice and in a separate cooking pot heat 1 cup oil. Fry 4 sliced onions until they turn golden brown. Divide fried onion into two halves. In half of the onion, add 1/2 cup yogurt, 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste, 6 crushed small cardamoms, tsp black cumin, 4 green chilies, 2 cup peas and stir together.
Then add stock and allow boiling. When stock comes to a boil, add rice, green chilies and salt to taste. Mix together all ingredients and cover the lid. When water evaporates, add 1 tbsp butter and allow simmering. Serve with fried onion tossed on top of rice.
For stock, add a piece of ginger, 2 onions, 2 bulbs of garlic, hot spices powder, salt to taste, 1 tsp fennel seeds and 1 tbsp whole coriander. Also add 2 to 3 glasses of water and allow boiling. Strain out water which is your prepared stock.

Rice pulao with pea is a very popular dish in Pakistan. Green peas are used vastly in cooking in Pakistan and India and one of their use is to make a pulao. Its pulao is a light and soft pulao with a great taste. While taking it with spoons, you would feel an aroma of combination of cumin seeds and peas which will immediately sharpen your hunger. It is eaten with raita and salad usually however you can use seasoning as per your choice. Eating peas pilau with pickle also renders a great experience.

If you were yet unknown to peas pulav, make up your mind, gather the ingredients and just set about making this recipe.