Description
Basmati rice and Green peas cooked in coconut milk.
| Ingredients-1 | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Green peas |
| 2 nos | Onion (cut lengthwise) |
| 3 clove | Garlic (crushed) |
| 2 nos | Green chilli (slit open) |
| 2 nos | Bay leaves |
| 2 nos | Cloves |
| 2 nos | Cinnamon stick (small) |
| 2 nos | Cardamon |
| ¼ tsp | Cumin seeds |
| ¼ tsp | Fennel seeds |
| 2 cup | Basmati rice |
| 2 cup | Fresh coconut milk |
| 2 cup | Water |
| 1 tsp | Salt (or to taste) |
| 2 tsp | Oil |
| 2 tsp | Ghee |
| Ingredients-2 | |
|---|---|
| 3 tsp | Ghee |
| ¼ tsp | Cumin seeds |
| 6 nos | Curry leaves |
Instructions
Wash basmati rice and drain water completely using a colander. Heat a few drops of ghee in a pan and fry the rice for 2 minutes. Set this aside. Now heat oil and ghee in the pan and add bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves, cardamon, cumin seeds and fennel seeds. Add green chillies, garlic and onions and fry everything for 5 minutes on low flame. Do not brown the onions, fry until just tender. Add salt, green peas, 2 cups fried rice, 2 cups coconut milk, 2 cups water and cook in a rice cooker. If using a pressure cooker, wait for 2 hiss and switch off.
Let the rice cool, now heat ghee add cumin seeds and curry leaves from the table-2. Add this to the rice and mix carefully. Serve hot with chicken curry.
Notes
Store bought coconut milk can be used, its will be concentrated, just add little water and dilute it. To make fresh coconut milk, grind 1/4 of a coconut with little water and mix it with 2 cups warm water. Using a tea filter or regular filter squeeze out the milk.
Rice is fried in this recipe to avoid sticking together and make the grains look separated.
Certain variety of Basmati rice requires soaking, this recipe is made with Swad brand, which requires at least 15 to 20 minutes soaking.
Try to use white or yello onions for this recipe, red onion seems to be too strong and often end up making the rice little pinkish.
21 Comments
This recipe was perfect with a great aroma! It’s going to be a recurring dish at home for sure 🙂 Thanks for the recipe !
Hey Girija, thas so nice of you to drop in a comment, 🙏appreciate that!
Mam I have tried this recipe n number of times that I know it by heart ?.. it’s always a super hit. Mullai mam na summa va..
Hello Sarah, good to here… so happy to know that you would it. Adadada.. mullai na summa dhaan, lol
Hi Mullai,
I tried this yesterday and it was a big hit. Thanks a lot for such a wonderful recipe. I am gaining confidence in cooking after trying out your recipes.
Regards,
Sowmya
Hi,
Can we try this recipe with jeera(briyani) rice, infact i want to know whether i can use jeera rice in place of basmathi rice for all recipes,and will the water ration be same.
Mullai, tried this for the first time yesterday for our guest, it was awesome. lot of work but it was totally worth. I got the restaurant feel & taste. paathu panrathukae neriya velai, I can imagine your hard work for trying out lot of combinations and coming up with the final ingredients. You are really doing a wonderful job! Thanks a lot.
Ayooo, the above comment is intended for paneer butter masala. posted in the wrong post.
Anyway peas pulav also came out very well. It was easiest of all the recipes that I tried yesterday 🙂
I tried the recipe and it came out fab.
thanks,
Vidya.
tried this recipe today itcame out well thanks.
Hey Mullai,
If I am using frozen peas should i add it
while pressure cooking the rice coz iam concerned about the peas getting mushy ,i want them to hold itss shape after its been cooked.. It would be great if u could help me with this.
Love
Abigail.
i tried it
everyone likes it very much
thanks for giving such a nice recipe
Leena, A big thanks to you for dropping a comment.
Hi mullai, I tried this recipe for last night dinner,it was very nice , we are vegetarians,suggest me any good veg curry as a side dish to this rice dish. we liked it very much, thank u.
No doubt… it has to be Paneer Butter Masala, a very good side dish for this rice. Try and let me know.
Thanks,
Mullai.
Hi Mullai,
We tried this recpie, Its really Awesome, Good Job, Keep it up
Hi Mullai, This is a wonderful recipe. Really simple and came out very well. Thanks.
hai mullai
i tried ths recipe.
came out well.thanq
I tried it, came out very good. Thanks!
hi mullai i tried this recipe really it came well,pls post me some other pulao.
Tried this recipe. Came out well. Thanks