Peas Rice |Indian Food Palooza

Peas rice is one of the simple and quick rice to make and can be served along with some semi spicy side dish. I made Aloo-Gobhi along with this for our dinner today. I used less spice since i feed my son as well. If you want more spice, you can adjust the spice level accordingly.
                    
Ingredients
1 Cup Basmati Rice (If you don't have, use any plain white/brown rice)
1 Cup Green peas
2 Cloves
2 Cardamom
2 Bay leaves
2 tea spoon Jeera (Cumin seeds)
1 tea spoon Ginger paste
1 Green chilli
Salt to taste
1 table spoon Oil
1 spoon of ghee
1 1/2 cups water

Method
Soak the rice in 1 cup of water for 15-20 minutes.
In a frying pan, add oil, Cumin seeds, Cloves, Cardamom, Bay leaves and allow the cumin seeds to splutter.
Then add ginger paste,green peas, Green chilli and saute for few seconds.
Add the Rice, salt and ghee and saute for 2-3 minutes.
Transfer the contents to a Rice cooker and add 1 1/2 cups water and allow to cook.
Once cooked mix well and serve hot with side dish.

Note:
If you do not have rice cooker, you can also cook in pressure cooker or cook them directly in the pan by adding the same amount of water.
You can also add Garlic paste if needed.

This recipe goes to Prerna, Kathy and Barbara for their Indian Food Palooza

South Indian

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Peas vadai

Having a lot of green peas at home and have no idea as to do with. Well, here is an experiment that my mother suggested and i tried and had some good success with. Ever thought of making vadais out of peas? Unthinkable you say, well it is not. I tried it and even served them to a few guests and well it was not a runaway hit but it did evoke some good positive responses.

Here is the ingredients:
1 cup dried green peas
2-3 Green chillies
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup of cut Onions (optional)
1/2 Asafoetida powder

How to make?

• Soak the dired peas for 3-4 hours
• Grind the soaked peas,green chillies,salt,aseofotida coarsly(not too smooth)
• Do not add water while grinding
• make flat round shape and fry in the oil till golden brown
• It turns out crispy
  

Try it out and add on your comments:-)

vadai

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Matar Paneer

Ingredients:
Peas 1 cup boiled
Paneer 10 pieces
Tomato puree 1 cup
Onion 1 nos
Jeera 1 tsp
Ginger paste 1 tsp
garam masala 2 tsp
Dhania powder 1 tsp
Aam chur 1 tsp
red chilli powder 1 tsp
Salt to taste

• Fry paneer and keep aside
• Add little oil in kadai and add jeera.Fry till it splutters
• Cut 1/2 onion and make a paste of other 1/2, fry both till golden brown
• Add tomato paste and add little water
• Boil till the oil separates the pan
• Add garam masala, dhania powder,aam chur and salt and boil for a while
• Finally add boiled peas and fried paneer
• Matar Paneer is ready to serve

Side Dish

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