Description
Matar Pulao (green peas rice) is a popular rice dish made with Basmati rice, green peas, few whole spices. It pairs well with any dal or curry or yogurt. This easy one-pot rice dish is super simple to make and takes just 30 minutes. Simple and delicious!
Scale
Ingredients
- 1 cup (200 grams) long grain basmati rice
- 3–4 tablespoons ghee or oil
- 1 ¼ glass of water
- ½ cup (100 grams) green peas (fresh/frozen)
- Salt to taste
Whole Spices
- 2 bay leaves (tejpatta)
- 2 inch cinnamon piece (dalchini)
- 2 green cardamoms (crushed)
- 1 whole black cardamom (crushed)
- ½ mace (javitri)
- 12–15 cashews
Instructions
Preparations
- Wash the rice with water at least 2-3 times until the water runs clear.
- Soak the rice in water for 10-15 minutes.
- Then drain the water and keep it aside.
How to make Matar Pulao
- In a pressure cooker, heat ghee and let it heat.
- When the ghee is hot, add cinnamon, green cardamom, black cardamom, mace, bay leaves, and cashew nuts.
- Fry them for around 30 seconds on medium flame until the spices are fragrant. While frying, keep stirring.
- Add the green peas, sauté them for a minute on medium flame.
- Then add the drained rice.
- Stir well and fry the rice for a minute on medium flame.
- Add 1 ¼ glass of water and salt to taste as required.
- Mix it well.
- Let it comes to a boil, it takes approximately 1-2 minutes on high flame.
- Once it starts boiling, cover and pressure cook properly for two whistles on medium to high flame.
- Then turn off the heat and let the pressure release naturally and cool down completely (do not open in between).
- After 10 minutes, gently open the lid and fluff the rice with a fork.
- Matar Pulao is ready to serve.
- Transfer it to a serving bowl and serve hot with any dal or curry.
Notes
- To make Matar Pulao, you can use fresh or frozen peas.
- If you are using fresh green peas then fry them for 1-2 minutes until they become slightly tender and if using frozen, rinse them and use them in this recipe.
- This pulao dish is not spicy enough. If you want spicy matar pulao, you can add some green chilies to it.
- Instead of oil, you can use butter or ghee. If you want to make vegan pulao then use oil.
- Additionally, squeeze few drops of lemon juice that will help to maintain the rice’s white color and make pulao fluffy.
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Indian, Punjabi
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