Peas Masala Rice

This is yet another simple,protein packed rice easy to make with easily available ingredients which is a good option for lunch box.I got this recipe from a T.V cookery show, tried many times and came out very good.This is my son's favorite, he likes to eat it with potato chips and plain yogurt.

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Green peas(Pattani)	1cup
Basmathi rice	11/2cups
Onion	1no.(medium size)
Tomato	2nos.(medium size)
Ginger&garlic paste	2tsp
Green chilly	2-3nos.
Coconut(grated)	4tbs
Fennel seeds	1tsp
Red chilly powder	1/2tsp
Coriander powder	1tsp
Garam masala powder	a pinch
Turmeric powder powder	1/2tsp
Mint leaves	1/4cup
Lemon juice	1tsp
Coriander leaves	to garnish
Oil	3tbs
Salt	to taste

To Season

Ingredient	Quantity
Cloves	3nos.
Cinnamon	1 inch piece
Bay leaf	1no.
Star anise	1no.

Method 

                Soak the green peas overnight and cook the peas. Cook the basmathi rice separately in an electric cooker or pressure cooker with a tsp of oil and a pinch of salt.Grind the grated coconut with sombhu to a fine paste and set it aside.

Heat a pan with oil and season it with the ingredients given" to season".Add in onion,green chilly and fry, it becomes translucent then ginger& garlic paste,tomatoes and mint leaves.Cook it till the tomatoes become soft and mushy.

Now add in all the powders and give it a mix then add in the ground paste,peas and 1/2 cup of water. 

Cook it till the raw smell goes off and becomes thick.Finally add the coriander leaves and lemon juice.Turn off the stove.

Add the cooked rice to it and mix well.Now turn on the stove and cover it with lid and keep it for 5 minutes in the low flame.Switch off the stove and transfer it to serving bowl.

Peas Masala rice is ready.

Serve it raitha or potato chips.We enjoyed it with onion raitha and simple potato fry.
Enjoy.....................................................

• Frozen or fresh green peas can be used.
• I cooked the rice in the electric rice cooker and used 11/2 cups of water for 1 cup of rice,soaked the rice for 15 minutes.
  

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