Cooking Recipe Rice With Peas
Recipe Ingredients
2 tb
Vegetable oil
1/2 ts
Black mustard seeds
2 c
Basmati rice
3 c
Water
1 ts
Salt
1 c
Peas, frozen or fresh
Directions
Heat oil in pot. Add mustard seeds & leave them for 10 to 20
seconds. Add rice & peas (if using fresh) & stir-fry for 1 minute.
Add water & salt. Cover & bring to a boil, reduce heat to very low &
cook till the rice is almost done, 15 to 25 minutes depending on the
type of the rice & the amount of heat used. If using forzen peas,
thaw them under running hot water. Add to the rice about 5 minutes
before the cooking process is finished. Mix & serve with dal &
vegetables.
Madhur Jaffrey, "An Invitation to Indian Cooking"