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Peas Pulav

October 30, 2009 by PadhuSankar 45 Comments

I really got bored of cooking traditional meals, so for a change I did Peas Pulav yesterday. I learnt this from my neighbour long time back.We all liked it so much that it started making appearance on our table frequently. Another thing is that, it is less spicy and is a very simple recipe. It is a quick fix meal. When you do not have much time to spend on cooking, you can go for this. No grinding, no elaborate preparations, can be done in just 20 minutes. But do not try this dish without pudina/mint leaves as that is the highlight of the dish, which gives flavour to the dish. Now we will go the the recipe.

easy peas pulao

Easy Peas Pulao


Peas Pulao

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves:1-2
 Recipe Category:  Rice-Lunch
 Recipe Cuisine: Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Basmati Rice – 1 cup
   Onion – 2 medium size finely chopped
   Green chillies – 2 slit
   Ginger-Garlic paste – 1 ½ tsp
   Peas – 1 cup (Fresh/frozen)
   Pudina/Mint leaves – 1 cup loosely packed
   Coriander leaves – ½ cup loosely packed
   Salt to taste

   For the seasoning

   Oil – 1 1/2 tbsp
   Ghee – 1 tbsp
   Cinnamon – 1 inch piece
   Cloves – 2
   Cardamon – 1

Preparations

Wash and finely chop mint and coriander leaves.

If you do not have ginger garlic paste, just grind 2 garlic cloves and a small bit of peeled ginger.

Wash and soak basmati rice for 20 minutes. Drain the water and keep it aside.

Method

Heat oil and ghee together, add cinnamon, cloves and cardamom.

Saute for few seconds and add finely chopped onions. Sauté till onions turns transparent, then add ginger- garlic paste and fry for a few more minutes.

Add slit green chillies, peas, mint leaves, coriander leaves and sauté for 2 minutes.

Add basmati rice, 2 cups of boiling water, needed salt and pressure cook.

Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker and gently fluff it with a fork. Your peas pulav is ready.

Serve it with potato chips, raita/pachadi of your choice, papads or any onion tomato based gravy like paneer butter masala, capsicum masala etc.

Note – If you are cooking keeping it in a vessel inside the cooker, cook for 3 whistles.

If you are cooking directly in the cooker, after adding rice and boiling water, mix well and close the cooker without weight. Cook on medium heat. When it is half cooked, stir the contents and close it with weight. Cook on low heat for 4 minutes and turn off the heat. Open after the pressure subsides.

lunch box
My daughter’s lunch box- Peas pulao and carrot raita
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Comments

  1. Prathibha

    October 30, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    yummy pulav and nice raitha…

    Reply
  2. San!!!

    October 30, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    Healthy pulav n pass on the lunch box:) It reminds me of school days carrying the lunch box n being curious to see wat's in it before the lunch hour:D It looks so tender.

    Reply
  3. Sushma Mallya

    October 30, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    Thats a yummy meal in that lunch box..looks very delicious…

    Reply
  4. Sangeetha Subhash

    October 30, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    Geougeous looks pulav 😀 nice presentation.

    Reply
  5. chakhlere

    October 31, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    This is my favorite pulav!!

    That lunchbox looks yummy and healthy.

    Reply
  6. Ankita

    October 31, 2009 at 7:16 pm

    I love this pulav as it goes with any vegetable,dal or raita.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog n leaving your precious comments.

    Reply
  7. Padma

    November 1, 2009 at 3:37 am

    Delicious pulav and raita

    Reply
  8. Kanchan

    November 1, 2009 at 6:12 am

    Whenever Peas makes a place in my pantry, Peas Pulav is must !
    Tiffin looks healthy !

    Reply
  9. my kitchen

    November 1, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    Yummy pulav & Raita

    Reply
  10. Anupama

    November 2, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    healthy pulao and raita combo for your daughter's lunch…

    Reply
  11. SriLekha

    November 3, 2009 at 10:26 am

    looks really delicious and yum!
    do visit my blog when u find time!

    Reply
  12. namita sankar

    November 7, 2012 at 5:12 pm

    hi padhu,,

    Frankly i should write I love u!!! shocked:) yes padhu i bjust follow ur blog like a my kutty son following me always…Thanx to u….always i have been appreciated for the food i prepare with ur guidelines….

    You Will Always Remain…in our hearts …I said ours because if i prepare something new my husband asks (So Padhu taught u):)Thanks again!!!

    Reply
  13. Soma Chatterjee

    December 6, 2012 at 10:09 am

    delicious

    Reply
  14. janu

    February 14, 2013 at 8:33 am

    Really a very gud recipe..it turned out gr8..and my hubby likes it a lot..thank you 🙂

    Reply
  15. Aarti Christeen

    February 14, 2013 at 5:16 pm

    Lovely recipes… u r my life saver wen it comes to veg cooking

    Reply
  16. sharmila anbalagan

    March 3, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    Hi padhu, thanks for the recipe and i learned cooking by trying ur recipes, most of the recipes turned out well. I like ur presentation and many useful tips.u beleive me or not, without opening ur blog there is no cooking in my home. Thanks again…and dont stop.

    Reply
  17. Ishwarya Madduri

    April 27, 2013 at 8:34 am

    hi padhu i tried ur peas pulav recipe i came out too good thank u soo much

    Reply
  18. Sherein EL Zein

    August 21, 2013 at 8:23 am

    Very delicious and light dish and mint makes it so refreshing for the summer. Thanks a lot for the recipe.

    Reply
  19. srikar

    October 31, 2013 at 6:36 am

    Thanks for this quick & easy recipe….

    Came out of good…

    Reply
  20. arpallavi

    December 29, 2013 at 6:50 pm

    It's really tasty . I made it today. It smells good and yummy too.thanks for recipe.

    Reply
  21. Sony P

    February 4, 2014 at 7:15 pm

    Very healthy pulao with raita, perfect for lunch tiffin !!

    Reply
  22. Anu

    March 20, 2014 at 6:42 pm

    I made this last evening for lunch today. As I am relishing my office in lunch, I have to say "Thank You, Padhu, for this awesome simple and tasty recipe!"

    Reply
  23. Anu

    March 20, 2014 at 7:02 pm

    Hi Padhu. I want to extend you a heart-felt Thank You because you have inspired me to cook good, tasty food for my family. I made this peas pulao for my lunch box, and I am eating it now. It is good! 🙂
    Oh, and I love the way your recipes are arranged in the Recipe Index. It makes this site the easiest for me to search for what I want.

    Reply
  24. Gayathri K

    August 12, 2014 at 7:10 am

    peas pulao was good. Thankyou so much. Its really simple and easy to cook.

    Reply
  25. Asha Raj

    September 19, 2014 at 4:09 pm

    Padhu peas pulav came out too gud..my hubby liked it…I'm newly married n learning to cook now…tnkkkk u soooo much…some more rice recipes pls…

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 20, 2014 at 5:25 am

      Go to recipe index page (on the top) and check out rice recipes .There are more than 60 rice recipes. link is also given below
      Recipe index

      Reply
  26. ambi

    May 6, 2015 at 1:27 pm

    Hey thank you so much for the recipe I tried it today for lunch it turned out to be very yummy.

    Reply
  27. Mneme

    June 8, 2015 at 6:04 pm

    I just tried this out this weekend, Padhu. It was a big hit with the folks! Thanks for posting!

    Reply
  28. Vaishnavi

    September 22, 2015 at 2:35 pm

    Thanks for the wonderful recipe! The touch of mint is exquisite in the peas pulao. I will return for the super taste of your recipes 🙂

    Reply
  29. raj pal

    May 3, 2016 at 3:40 pm

    Hi,
    I cooked this recepie, it turned out really good . I am a big fan of your site and tried lot of dishes.

    Thanks to you , keep up the good work.

    Reply
  30. Sakthi

    November 17, 2016 at 8:00 am

    Hi Padhu..

    How many whistles the rice has to be cooked?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 17, 2016 at 9:07 am

      If you are cooking keeping a vessel inside the cooker, cook for 3 whistles. If you are cooking directly in the cooker, after adding rice and water, mix well and close the cooker without weight. Cook on medium heat.When it is half cooked, stir the contents and close it with weight.Cook on low heat for 4 minutes and turn off the heat. Open after the pressure subsides. Hope this helps.

      Reply
  31. Sakthi

    November 21, 2016 at 8:39 am

    I tried it today and it turned out good…

    Reply
  32. Durgadevi Kota Parthasarathi

    January 16, 2017 at 10:25 am

    Thanks for the receipe.. my kid loved it..

    Reply
  33. Ramya

    March 25, 2017 at 9:00 am

    Wow padhu awesome fud recipes I love it fud n u tooo

    Reply
  34. neela ramamoorthi

    June 6, 2017 at 9:09 am

    Padhu mam awesome recipes. I used to refer padhuskitchen always.

    Reply
  35. Karthika K

    July 17, 2017 at 10:24 am

    Twice I tried this n it was really a delicious one. Second time when i prepared the same dish i tried adding ma innovative idea n just added half coconut milk and half water which added more aroma/flavor to the dish. But padhu mam, since the day i startd cooking i think I've always followed only padhuskitchen. And every dish starting from rasam to rasgulla were appreciated by all. When people ask me to explain the recipe of ma dish, I just give them one word reply 'padhuskitchen.com' and immediately people will burst out of laughter. everyone in my office knows that i cook only from your recipes. am such a fan of yours. U r seriously a mother to so many 😉 great going.

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      July 18, 2017 at 7:58 am

      Dear Karthika – Thank you so much for your kind words. Glad you found Padhuskitchen useful.

      Reply
  36. Athreyi Robbi

    August 1, 2018 at 9:34 am

    amazing amazing recipe! added some sweet corn too!
    yum
    thanks padhu 🙂 you saved my day from university
    Im so happy after eating the pulao

    Reply
  37. Unknown

    August 8, 2018 at 9:07 am

    Can we use normal rice instead of basmati rice?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      August 9, 2018 at 9:00 am

      Yes, you can.

      Reply
  38. Unknown

    January 20, 2019 at 6:06 am

    Love your recipes, always look for your page first when ever I search for some recipe. Your recipes are so homely. Thank you for sharing your talent with all.

    Reply
  39. Veena v

    July 23, 2019 at 9:19 am

    I tried this today padhus.. it was awesome.

    Reply
  40. Ihtraa

    March 22, 2020 at 5:45 am

    I love this pulav as it goes with any vegetable,dal or raita. Delicious pulav. So yummy . My kids always loves ur recipe..

    Reply
  41. Nimitha

    February 1, 2021 at 1:41 am

    Hi mam,

    You give measurements so precisely that it will be perfect. Change in 1 ingredient measurement also looses the taste. You are perfectionist to the peaks.

    Love you mam….expecting more and more recipes.

    Reply

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