Dry peas Pulao and Beetroot raita
An aromatic, delicious, super quick one pot meal that is also healthy lentil pulav pared with a vibrant beetroot riata.
Servings: 2
Ingredients
Dry Peas Pulao
- Dry yellow peas 1/2 cup soaked
- Green peas – 3 tbs cup
- Basmati Rice – 1 cup
- Garlic optional – 1-2 cloves
- Salt to taste
- Coriander leaves – 1 small bunch for garnish
- Ginger – 1/2 inch
- Green chillies – 1to 2 as per taste
- pulav masala - 1 -2 tsp
- coriander-cumin powder - 1tsp
To Temper:
- Jeera/Cumin – 1/2 tsp
- Bay leaf – 1-2
- Cloves- 3-4
- Oil – 5 tbs
Beet Root Raita
- Grated Beetroot -1/2 cup
- yogurt - 1 to 1.5 cups
- salt to taste
To temper
- Oil - 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds - 1tsp
- Urad dal - 1 tsp
- curry leaves - one samll strand
- hing - a pinch or 2
Instructions
Dry peas pulao
- Turn on the instant pot to saute mode and let it heat up. When the display turns to hot, add the oil and let it heat.
- When the oil is heated all in the tempering ingredients - Jeera followed by bay leaf and cloves. Once its starts spluttering add the dry soaked peas, salt and saute for 3-4 minutes.
- Add in the garlic pods and saute it for couple of minutes and then add in the slit green chilies
- Now add the basmati or preferred rice to the instantpot and add the pulao masala and coriander-cumin powder and give it a good mix. also add salt at this time.
- Now add required water to the rice. I usually do 1:2or rice:water. but for pulao I go little less on water more like 1 cup rice and 1 3/4 cup rice.
- Turn the Instant pot to manual or pressure cook mode and cook it for goo 7-8 minutes in pressure mode and let it release naturally.
- Once the pressure cools down open the instantpot and garnish with coriander leaves and fried green peas to add some pop and color. This is optional.
- Serve with beetroot raita.
Beetroot Raita
- Add the grated beetroot with the whisked yogurt and salt and mix well
- Now in a small pan add oil and let it heat. once hot add the mustard seeds and urad dal. let it splatter and turn golden.
- Turn off the heat and then add the green chilies , curry leaves and hing and add this mix to the Raita