Name: Green Peas Coconut Milk Pulao
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 Cup Basmati Rice; 1/2 Cup Thick Coconut Milk; 1 Cup Thin Coconut Milk; 1 Onion Sliced; 2 Green Chillies; 2 Tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste; 1/3 Cup Fresh Green Peas; Salt (To Taste); 1.5 Tablespoon Ghee / Oil; 2 Cardamom; 2 Cloves; 1/2 Inch Cinnamon; 1 Bay Leaves; 1.5 Teaspoon Fennel Seeds

Green Peas Coconut Milk Pulao is a perfect recipe to be packed in lunchbox. It tastes great with any kurma. I love to taste it with non veg gravies. Any recipe made with coconut is flavoral and makes the dish special. I have added green peas as i am packing them for lunch. Else it can be made as a plain Coconut Milk Pulao without any vegetable and can be served with Kurmas.

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Green Peas Coconut Milk Pulao

Green Peas Coconut Milk Pulao is a flavourful lunch box recipe.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time15 mins

Total Time30 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Indian

Servings: 2

Ingredients

1 Cup Basmati Rice
½ Cup Thick Coconut Milk
1 Cup Thin Coconut Milk
1 Onion Sliced
2 Green Chillies
2 Tablespoon Ginger Garlic Paste
⅓ Cup Fresh Green Peas
Salt To Taste

To Tamper

1.5 Tablespoon Ghee / Oil
2 Cardamom
2 Cloves
½ Inch Cinnamon
1 Bay Leaves
1.5 Teaspoon Fennel Seeds

Instructions

For Soaking Green Peas

Soak green peas overnight. Drain the water in the morning. Cook them with salt and water for 50 %. Drain the excess water and set them aside.

For Soaking Basmati Rice :

Wash and clean the basmati rice. Soak them in water for 30 minutes.

For Recipe :

Heat oil Ghee in a Pressure cooker.
Add in the ingredients mentioned under to tamper and saute until nice aroma comes out.
Add in sliced onion and green chillis and saute until glossy.
Add in ginger garlic paste. Saute for few minutes.
Add in the green peas and saute for few minutes.
Drain the excess water and add in the rice.
Saute for few minutes.
Add in both thick and thin coconut milk. Add in salt to taste.
Bring the mixture to boil.
Close the pressure cooker and pressure cook for 2 whistles in high flame for 2 whistles.
Switch off the flame and allow the pressure to release on its own.
Open the pressure cooker and fluff with a fork.

Notes

The water level used in the Pulao may slightly vary due to the type of basmati rice used.
If fresh peas not available then dried peas can be used. Bot soak them overnight and cook them 50 % before using them into pulao.

I packed Green Peas Coconut milk kurma with Fryams and Apple. Checkout other Pulao Recipes here.