Sweet-corn and Peas Pulao is another rice that I make for
our weekly lunch box. This recipe is healthy and kid-friendly too. Today I was
at home as my little one had fever. However she demanded that she wants pulao.
I found some sweet corn kernels and green peas in my fridge and quickly made
this yummy and filling one pot meal.
My little one always wants spicy things just like her dad.
As she grows, her taste buds too have started developing. Every time I cook
something, she is filled with praise and says “My mom cooks the best food”.
What else can be a bigger reward than having your family love the food that you
cook?
Nowadays she decided menu for her lunch box. Every night she
tells me what should go in her tiffin the next day. She even tells me directions
like how she wants the subzi to be, whether gravy or dry. When the tiffin comes
home empty after school I feel like a big mission has been accomplished. Check
this Chitraanna recipe/Lemon rice that I made when she demanded and it was a big hit.
Ingredients: Prep. Time: 45 Min's, Serves: 4
For boiling the rice:
1 and 1/2 cups basmati rice
1 tsp pepper powder
2 bay leaves
5 peppercorns
2 cloves
Make the masala paste:
1 cup chopped coriander leaves
1 green chili
8 pepper corns
2 cloves/laung
1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
10 garlic pods
1 inch cinnamon/dalchini
1 cardamom/elaichi
For the pulao mix:
2 medium sized onions, finely chopped
2 medium sized tomatoes, finely chopped
1 tbsp. ginger garlic paste
1 cup sweet corn kernels
1/2 cup green peas
4 tbsp. chopped coriander leaves
2 tbsp. chili sauce
Salt to taste
Oil as needed
Procedure:
Step 1: Par boil the basmati rice either on gas or pressure
cooker or rice cooker by adding one bay leaf, 2 peppercorns and 2 cloves. Once
the rice is par boiled, take a fork and run it through the rice. Sprinkle the
rice with pepper powder and keep aside.
Step 2: Take the sweet corn and green peas, boil them and
keep aside.
Step 3: In a mixer, add the ingredients mentioned for pulao
masala paste. Grind by adding 2 tbsp. water to a fine paste. Keep this aside.
Step 4: In a kadai, add 4 tbsp. oil and fry till onion turns
pinkish. Then add bay leaf and chopped coriander (see ingredients mentioned for
masala mix) and fry. Stir and add chopped tomatoes.
Add ginger garlic paste and stir.
Step 5: Now add the grinded masala paste from the mixer and
stir well.
Step 6: Next add boiled sweet corn and green peas and mix
well.
Add green chili sauce and stir.
Add little salt to taste. Remember we will be adding salt
again after mixing the rice, so add less salt.
Step 7: Then add the boiled rice and mix well ensuring that
the rice grains does not break.
Adjust salt again.
Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.
Note: If you are using frozen sweet corn kernels and green
peas, then thaw and then boil them.
You can add other veggies like beans, carrots, mushrooms and
soya chunks while making the pulao masala mix.
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