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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Dry Peas Pulav


Ingredients:
Dry peas - a handful
Basmathi rice - 1 cup
Coconut - 2 tbsp
Green chillies - 2-3
Cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaves - each 1 small piece
Garlic - 2-3 pods
Ginger - a small piece
Onion - 2
Cashewnuts -  a few
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Oil / Ghee
Salt - to taste

Method:
Soak the dry peas overnight. Grind together coconut, green chillies, cinnamon, cardamom, garlic, ginger and 1 tbsp chopped onions into a fine paste. Heat oil / ghee in a pressure cooker. Add cumin seeds, bay leaves and chopped onions. Fry for few minutes.


Add the soaked peas and the grounded paste. Fry for another 5 min. Wash the basmathi rice well and add to the above. Mix well. Add required salt and water. I added 1:1 1/2 ratio. Allow 2 whistles. Fry cashews in ghee and add to the rice. Serve hot with raitha.

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