Easy peas rice

Peas rice will be loved by kids as they love green peas and the aroma of basmati rice...

I love the smell of basmati rice and whenever i open the rice bag, i use to smell deeply. 

This rice can be cooked with ponni rice also, But normally I prefer making it with basmati. I made this stove top this time, you can make this in pressure cooker also. leave it for 2-3 whistles or per your rice used.

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice -1 cup

Green peas -3/4 a cup (fresh or frozen)

Onion -1 small

Green chili -2-3 (medium)

ginger garlic paste -1/2 tea spoon

Bay leave- 1

cinnamon-1 small piece

fennel seeds -1/4 a tea spoon

anistar - 1 floret 

oil-2 tea spoon

ghee-1 tea spoon(optional)

coriander leaves - a few(finely chopped)

Preparation:

1.Soak basmati Rice for 30 mins.

2. In a sauce pan, heat 2 teaspoons of oil and add bay leave, cinnamon stick, fenel seeds, and anistar.

3. Fry them until the nice aroma comes, then add sliced onions and green chili to it.

4. Fry them in medium heat, and dont let it burn. 

5. When the onions are transparent add ginger garlic paste and fry until the raw smell leaves.

6.Add Grean peas and fry for a minute or two.

7.Add 2 cups of water and close the pan with lid.

8. When the water boils and green peas is half cooked, add soaked basmati rice to it and reduce the flame to simmer. close pan with a lid.

9.cook for 10- 15 mins. In between open the lid and stir gently without breaking rice and make sure it is not burning.

10. When the rice is cooked and water is absorbed, switch off the flame.

11. Add a tea spoon of ghee and chopped coiander close with lid for another 5 mins then serve with your favorite side dish.

This will be perfect for lunch boxes and dinner for guests.

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Peas Paratha

One evening i was breaking my head thinking, what I should prepare for dinner. Really got bored of idly and dosa... Wanted something different, and too my kid should like the new dish. Suddenly I got a call from my husband saying, he will be home late as he is going to Boston to meet his friend. And My daughter was napping as she had tired day at school!

Hmmm... I got time to try something new. Even if it doesn't work out, still I have time to prepare something else to feed my family. :)

Rak's Kitchen is one of my favorite site for recipes, and i started checking for a simple yet new dish for my family....

Oops...I have never tried Stuffed Parathas ... Why dont I make it today?

And I Decided "Peas Paratha" would be best to try. And here is the recipe too...I have changed the ingredients quantity as per my taste.

Ingredients:
For Chapati dough:

Wheat flour - 1 cup
Salt - as per taste
Water- as required (For the flour i used, i needed 1/2 cup)
oil- 1 tea spoon

For Stuff:

Green Peas - 1 and 1/4 cup
ginger - 1 inch piece
green chili -1
jeera and ajwin- 1/2 tea spoon each
garam masala - 1/2 tea spoon
salt - a pinch

Preperation:

1. Mix the chapati dough and keep aside for 30 mins.
2. Meanwhile, cook the green Peas in steam for 10-15 mins or till they cooked. If you keep in pressure cooker 2 whistles are enough. (In raks kitchen, she suggested to pressure cook it with out adding water. As i was lazy to wash the cooker that day, i just cooked it on steam. As shown in the pic... :D )

I boiled some water in the big vessel down and kept the peas vessle on top of it and closed with lid.

3. In a mixer grind the ginger and green chili along with ajwin and jeera seeds.
4.Grind the cool down peas along with this.

5. Make equal sized balls of chapati dough and peas stuff.
6. dust and roll it slowly. (I do have only poori press. so cannot dust and roll. If it was done with dusting and rolling it would have come in better shape and size :) )

7.Heat a tawa or pan and cook on both the sides.
8.Serve with your favorite side dish or Raitha.

My daughter loved this with butter. She was wondering how did the peas went inside the chapati??? :)

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