Peas pulao recipe with step by step pictures – Peas pulao or Matar pulao recipe is a quick one pot meal that I am making often these days as mittu is fond of green peas and hubby never complains. Peas pulao is easy to make and flavourful too, you can make peas pulao with fresh green peas or frozen peas too.I always have ginger garlic paste in stock so making this pulao becomes very easy. It is best for packing for lunch or picnics too so lets get on to the making of peas pulao.
Check out my peas biryani with coconut milk and corn peas pulao.
Peas Pulao Recipe – Ingredients
Recipe Category: Main | Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Basmati rice – 1 cup
Fresh peas – 1/2 cup
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
Onions – 1 chopped lengthwise
Green chillies – 2
Mint leaves – 1/8 cup(optional)
Water – 1 and 1/2 cups
Salt – to taste
To temper:
Oil – 1 tbsp
Ghee – 1 tbsp
Shahi Jeera – 1 tsp
Bay leaf – 1 small
Cinnamon – 1/2 inch piece
Cloves – 2
Star Anise -1 small
Method:
- In a pressure cooker : Heat oil, ghee in a pan. Add jeera,cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf and star anise. Fry for 2mins.Now add ginger garlic paste and onions and saute till golden brown.
- Then add mint leaves and green chillies saute till it shrinks. Then add peas and give a quick stir.Add required salt.
- Rinse rice well and presoak in water for 15-20mins. Drain water and add the rice, give a quick stir.
- Add water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles. Once pressure releases , open and carefully mix the rice and fluff it up.
Serve hot with any gravy of your choice.
My Notes:
- Adding mint leaves gives a nice flavour but its purely optional.
- You can also add a pinch of garam masala powder for extra flavour.
- Soaking rice helps in cooking faster.I always use 1:1.5 rice:water ratio for basmati rice. You can also use your measures.
its nice n tasty
lovely clicks as usual sharmi… simple recipe as well… 🙂
Yummy pulav
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sharmi try with coconut milk :)just awesome !
Clicks are too good esp the last one !
Superb healthy dish for a perfect day….
Perfect…
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simple and tasty peas that i always prefer…. ur clicks are very impressive….
Peas pulao looks very inviting and yummy.
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Perfectly made rice, simple and tasty pulao!
simple and yummy pulav
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Simple yummy peas pulao.. loved it
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Lovely , u made it perfect !
looks fabulous and super inviting.
I too make similar one
i too make it the same way…looks very inviting, lovely clicks as always!
Very nice clicks. Pulao looks yummy.
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Your Pulao looks delicious!
Excellent. What is the name of the pressure cooker that you are using? Looks good.
Thanks
It is prestige pressure cooker 🙂
Thanks for the reply. Is it aluminium or stainless steel?
It is stainless steel
Thanks for the reply. Keep rocking with new recipes.
Looks and sounds simple and easy. Perfect for lunch
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I really liked the pictures at different stages of cooking!! Gonna try out this recipe today!!!
hi sharmi..thanks for sharing all your recipies….i have learnt cooking from your recipies. I tried many recipies of yours.Everyday i cook something different and i want to thank you for all the pic and excellent recipies…today i am going to try peas pulao. I said to myself that 1st i need to type this message and go ahead….its a kind of socila service….go ahead…good luck..kirth
i tried this recipe ..its very nice and yummy too.. liked it 🙂 mam, i gave first and second whistles in medium flame and waiting for third whistle in low flame…but the whistle is not coming. so i tap the cooker to give next whistle and 4th whistle in medium flame.. what is the problem mam ?? i added 2 cups water for one cup rice … soaked nearly 40 minutes..
There must be some problem with your cooker, check whether its closed correctly or the rubber gasket is correctly in position….
Should this pulao need to be cooked in medium flame for 3-4 whistles or in high flame…please clarify…TIA
Yes medium high but depends on your cooker too….so adjust accordingly