Tomato matar pulao | Tomato green peas rice-Easy lunch box recipe

Cuisine Style: North India | Cooking Time: 20 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type: Rice, pulao | Take With: Raita

Ingredients

• Tomato – 4 [chopped]
• Green peas [matar] – 1 cup [fresh]
• Basmati rice – 2 cups
• Water – 2 ¼ cups
• Onion – 1 [sliced]
• Green chilli – 1 [slit]
• Garlic – 4 cloves [chopped & mashed]
• Ginger – 1 tbsp [chopped & mashed]
• Mint leaves – 5 springs
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
• Garam masala powder – ½ tsp
• Cardamom – 2
• Cloves -3
• Cinnamon – 1
• Bay leaves – 1
• Fennel seeds – 1 tbsp
• Sugar a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Butter – 1 inch cube
• Oil – 2 tbsp

Method

• Wash & soak basmati rice for 15 min.
• Put mint leaves & sugar in a mixer jar then grind well with ¼ cup of water.
• Heat oil & butter in a pan then add cardamom, cloves, cinnamon; bay leaves, cashew nuts and fennel seeds then add onion sauté till golden brown.
• Add green chilli & tomato sauté till soft. Then add ground mint puree mix well.
• Add green peas, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and garam masala powder mix well.
• Add water and salt mix well& let it boil.
• When boiling add basmati rice, cover it & cook for 3 to 4 whistles. Garnish with mint leaves then serve hot with raita.

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