Mutter Pulao or Green Peas rice

Name: How to cook Mutter Pulao or Green Peas rice - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Harjeet Kaur

Mutter Pulao or Green Peas rice

Mutter Pulao a One Pot Meal A simple but exotic dish, Mutter Pulao or Green Peas Rice is a one pot meal. It is ready in a jiffy and as delectable as a royal serving. It is Rakhi tomorrow and sisters make a whole lot of sweets for their brothers but strangely my brother’s favourite food cooked by me is Mutter pulao or Green Peas rice. We have a lovely tradition of all sisters’ brothers along with cousins getting together for an elaborate breakfast at my brother’s home. Every year I wake up early in the morning in Rakhi and make mutter pulao for him. I cook it in the rice cooker and take it in the cooker itself to warm it later. My mom used to make a delicious pulao and my brother relates my cooking with hers. I did make sweets but pulao is a must. Pulao is a dish in which rice is cooked in a seasoned broth with many ingredients; it could be vegetables, fish or meat. The rice used is white long grained, fragrant basmati rice. History says that Pulao was served to Alexander the Great at a royal banquet following his capture of the Sogdian capital of Samarkand. It is believed that it was liked so much that soldiers from Alexander's army brought the preparation of pulao back to Macedonia, after which it spread throughout Ancient Grease. Pulao must have been introduced in India during the Mughal era; My recipe is quite simple although I know how to make it a rich, heavy dish! You can use saffron, fried cashews, cook it in coconut milk and serve it with a rich curry.

Ingredient

Food ration :

3 servings

Cooking time :

30 minutes

1 cup

Long Grained Aromat Basmati Rice

1/2 cup

Green Peas (fresh or frozen)

small piece of Cinnamon

Cloves

medium Onion, finely sliced (optional)

Star anise

3-4

cardamoms

bay leaves

Few

pepper corns

Green Chilli cut in half

1 3/4 cup

Water

to taste

Salt

2 tablespoon

Ghee

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Method: Wash and soak long grained rice in water for 15 minutes. Drain water and keep them aside. Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan. Add cinnamon, cardamom, star anise, bay leaves, pepper corns and cloves; add the sliced onion and sauté till pink. Wash green peas and add to the onions.Mix and sauté for a couple of minutes.Add the salt and add the soaked and drained rice. Gently mix the rice and green peas. I say gently as the long grained rice are very brittle and would break easily.

* Step 2

Transfer this rice/peas mixture to the rice cooker and add the water. If cooking in a regular pan then add 1:2 ratio of water. Rice 1 cup then water is 2 cups.