Peas Pulao

Ingredients :

Basmati Rice - 1 cup

Frozen or fresh green peas - 3/4 cup

Onion - 1 thinly sliced

Ginger –Garlic Paste – 1 tblspn

Green chillies - 5 slit vertically

Cloves – 7-8

Cinnamon - 1 stick about an inch

Cardamom seeds - 2

Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Cashews – few

Ghee / oil - 1 tablespoon

Coriander leaves to garnish

Salt to taste

Coconut extract – 1 cup

Methord :

- Wash and soak the basmati rice for half and hour.

-In a pressure cooker heat the ghee or oil, add the cumin seeds, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and fry for a minutes. Once the spices release their flavors, add the chopped onion and fry until translucent. Add the ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute.

- Add salt and green peas and sauté for a while.

- Pour in 1 cup of coconut extract, half a cup of water and bring it to a boil

- Then add the soaked rice and blend it with the ingredients added.

- Cover and cook for 5 mins , until the water gets absorbed and the rice is cooked.

- once its done fluff it with a fork such that the rice doesn’t break.

(Make sure that the rice : water and coconut ratio is 1:1.5)