I have two boys. One loves peas, and the other one hates it. I am not kidding. You should watch them eating a dish that has peas. One spends precious eating time picking the green little pebbles and piling them high on the side. The other one hangs halfway over his plate and picks them clean off the pile.
Do you have a vegetable that you simply can’t stand for no good reason? My pea hater says he just doesn’t like them because he just doesn’t. No particular reason. They are perfectly OK taste and texture wise, but he feels the urge to purge them off his plate as soon as he sees them.
Other than my handsome pea hater, everyone else loves them. Peas pulao is an all time favorite. It’s simple to cook, and goes with any side dish. My pea-hater likes it too. Just picks the peas. Refer to para No #1 
- 2 cups Basmati Rice
- 1 tsp olive oil (ghee/clarified butter preferred)
- 1 whole dry red chili
- 1″ cinnamom
- 1 black cardamom (optional)
- 2 green cardamoms (optional)
- 2 cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup peas (I use frozen)
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tsp sugar
- 4 cups water (use the same cup that you use to measure rice)
- Wash the rice and soak it for 10 minutes. Drain water and keep aside.
- Heat oil/ghee
- Season with bay leaf, dry red chili, cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves.
- Mix in the peas. If frozen, raise the flame to High and fry for a minute.
- Add the rice.
- Now pour in 4 cups of water, stir in salt and sugar.
- Bring it to a boil.
- Reduce the heat on low, and cover the pan, but do NOT put on the lid tight. Leave about an inch open on the side to let the steam escape.
- Cook for 10 minutes. Check for doneness (pick up a rice grain, place it between your thumb and index finger, mash it. If is gets mashed, it’s cooked.)
- Switch off the flame, cover completely, and let it sit for a minute of two.
- Use a fork to mix the rice evenly with peas. Be gentle and use the fork lightly so that the rice grains do not break .
- Serve hot.
You remind me of my ma when you make this, it looks exactly the same and just as utterly delicious
Thank you!
Cheers
CCU
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My son hated vegetables. I think he heard someone say it as a kid and that was the end of it. He eats them now but back then it was war. He knew he had to taste everything but he tried to get out of it at every meal. Who knew the dog loves veggies?
This pilaf looks great and I’ll eat my peas.
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Your dog loves vegies?? So cute!
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Minnie, I’m a complete pea freak! I think I like anything that pops in your mouth and these are a good example
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That’s a good way to see it.I love peas too, though not as much as you do.
Minnie recently posted..Matar Pulao magic (Peas Pilaf)
Hi Minnie, I used to dislike peas for a long time when I was younger… love them now. I think it’s common for young kids to dislike stuff… I hated tomatoes, mushrooms, broccoli, broad beans… nowadays I ADORE them. I still usually detest cauliflower though, haha
Love the look of the matar pulao.. it’s the second one I saw recently… the rice looks so fluffy and tasty!
You seemed to have navigated a vegetable gold mine, hahaha!
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Hi Minnie, my daughter didn’t use to like mushrooms. She would spend the entire meal time picking them out of the spaghetti bolognaise and lining them up on the edge of her plate. At least we’re past that stage now. Love the look of this pea and rice pilaf. The spices must give the rice great flavour xx
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That’s comforting….though honestly, I would take the pea hating phase anyday over the know-it-all world hating phase..hehehhee!!
The youngest Glam Teen hated peas when he was little. He couldn’t say why and since he ate everything else I just left them off his plate. Now he eats them quite happily. These peas with rice look really good, with all those spices I bet it’s a really tasty dish. GG
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