Pudina peas pulao

Ading greens  to your diet is essential and it need not always be the usual dishes that we prepare at home. For a change, try this simple pulao recipe using pudina and green peas that is tasty and nutritious. It is cooked using coconut milk and whole garam spices with green chilly and ginger garlic paste.  It tastes good when had with a spicy potato curry,raitha and papad .

Ingredients :

• Basmati rice-2 cups
• Pudina-1 cup
• Peas 1/2 cup
• Green chilly -6,slit lengthwise
• Ginger garlic paste-1 tbsp
• Ghee-2 tbsp
• Coconut milk-1 cup
• Water-3 cups
• One each of:
• Cinnamon 
• Cardamom 
• Clove
• Bay leaf

Preparation:

• Wash as soak basmati rice for 20 minutes. Drain water and keep aside. 
• Heat ghee in a pan. Add the cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf, clove.
• Add the chopped onions and green chilly and saute for a minute.
• Add the ginger garlic paste and saute until raw smell leaves. 
• Add the pudina and peas and saute few seconds.
• Now add the basmati rice and mix gently.
• Transfer the contents to a pressure cooker or electric rice cooker and add water and coconut milk.
• Add needed salt and mix gently. 
• Cover and cook.
• Once done,open the cooker and mix gently,taking care not to break or mash the rice.