Coriander-Peas Pulao

By Nithu on Jun 30, 2008 in Featured, Rice dishes | Print This

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It’s been a while since I wrote my last recipe. Days are running fast that it’s almost the end of half of this year. After coming to the US, I had no idea of how to spend my time. But now 24 hours is not enough. I have a lot of friends here. Especially, in my apartment I have three friends and we spend a lot of time together experimenting stuffs. One of them is Krupa. She is a naughty and enthusiastic lady among us. I know her recently and she invited all of us for dinner. She made this pulao and it was so good that I could not resist myself from asking her the recipe and permission to put it in my blog. Yoooohooo, I got it!! Here you go

Ingredients I

Basmati rice - 2 cups (I used rice cooker cups)
Bay leaf - 1
Cardamom - 1
Fennel seeds -1 tsp
Oil - 2 tbsp
Ghee - 2 tbsp

Ingredients II

Coriander leaves - 1 cup
1″ Cinnamon stick - 1
Cloves - 3
Ginger - 3/4 inch
Garlic cloves - 3
Coconut - 4 tbsp
Green chillies (2″ size) - 2
Peas - 1/4 cup

Method of Preparation:

Grind Ingredients II and make a paste by adding a little water
Soak basmati rice in water for 30 minutes and drain it
Heat ghee in a pan and add the drained rice
Mix it well so that rice should be coated with ghee. Remove from the pan
Now add 3 cups of water to it and cook
If you use a pressure cooker, leave it for a whistle
Heat oil and ghee in a wide skillet and add fennel seeds
Once they splutter, add cardamom and bay leaf and toss
Now add the ground paste to it and mix them well till you get rid of the raw smell and becomes a gravy
Remove from heat and add 1/4 cup of peas to it and mix well. keep it aside
Once the rice is cooked, allow it to come back to normal temperature and then add it to the gravy and combine well.
The rice will be fresh green in colour with nice aroma.

Serve hot with Raitha

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19 Responses to “Coriander-Peas Pulao”

Cham June 30th, 2008, 5:41 pm

I can feel how aromatic this pulao is Yummy recipe!
meeso June 30th, 2008, 9:45 pm

This does sound good, especially with all the fresh coriander!
Sailaja July 1st, 2008, 4:03 pm

Nice recipe. Even I do Coriander pualv
Cynthia July 1st, 2008, 10:09 pm

I love discovering new combo flavours for rice and will definitely give this a try.
Noor July 2nd, 2008, 12:18 pm

This looks good, I love Indian food its my favorite.
Divya Vikram July 2nd, 2008, 5:16 pm

The pulao looks too yummo!
Laavanya July 2nd, 2008, 8:59 pm

This looks so good - must be very flavourful and aromatic.
Lakshmi July 3rd, 2008, 12:17 am

Pulav looks yum and I loved the color! You have a award on my blog, go get it!
sireesha July 3rd, 2008, 7:18 am

Pulav looks yummy and love the color….
Jyothsna July 4th, 2008, 10:45 am

The pulao seems yummy with the coriander-spice paste.
Nithu July 4th, 2008, 5:53 pm

Thank you all of u for ur support and comments.
appu July 19th, 2008, 5:17 pm

Can you do the same recipe by avoiding the coriander alone? I currently don’t have coriander at home. Can I powder coriander seeds instead for the flavor?
Nithu July 20th, 2008, 8:17 pm

Hi appu, you cannot make this coriander peas pulao with coriander leaves and substitute it with coriander seeds. Instead you can try plain vegetable pulao which is also their in our site. Thanks for visiting our site.
deepa July 25th, 2008, 4:35 pm

I am surprised that peas doesn’t come anywhere in ur recipe but the name says so…
Nithu July 31st, 2008, 3:11 pm

Thanks for the comments Deepa. Appreciate it.
Rekha April 11th, 2009, 1:58 pm

Thanks for the recipe Nithu. I tried it last night and it tiurned out really well. I added a few mint leaves and walnuts too.It turned out really good.
Anil October 31st, 2009, 11:22 am

Nithu, Thanks a lot for the recipe. I just wanted to make some surprise dish to my wife for the dinner & this helped me to do my bit. Found your recipe interesting, easy & it turned out very delicious.
Nithu November 3rd, 2009, 12:18 am

Rekha, Thanks a lot for your comments. Hope you try other recipes too.

Anil, it is so nice of you that you surprised your wife and I am happy being a part of it. Thanks for your comments. Hope you try other recipes too.