Peas Pulao

Ingredients:

• 2 cups - Basmati rice
• 1 cup - peas
• 2 teaspoons - ginger+garlic paste
• 3 cups - water
• 1 teaspoon - aniseed
• 2 sticks cinnamon
• 5 cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 cardamoms
• 1 chopped onion
• 2 green chillies
• 7 tablespoons vegetable oil or ghee
• coriander leaves
• salt to taste.

Method:

1. Soak rice in water for half an hour.
2. Heat oil in a pan for about 2 minutes. Add aniseed, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, cardamoms and cloves. stir for a few seconds. Add onion, green chilly, ginger and garlic paste. Stir and fry for about 2 minutes.
3. Add peas & then rice. Fry till rice turns opaque(approximately 3 minutes). Add salt and water. Stir once and pressure cook for 10 min.

Decorate with coriander leaves and serve