Aloo-Matar Pulav

This pulav is THE TASTE I wanted to achieve all these years. Hence I am writing a very detailed recipe on what exactly I did to be able to recreate next time. For people who don’t know about my struggle with pulav, they can refer here to get the inside story. Now I can sleep peacefully :)

To top this, a “sone pe suhaaga” kind of a deal is - this is a 1 pot meal. I made this in InstaPot. This recipe is from Hebbar's kitchen(link given below). 

Do try!

Ingredients 

Rice(Basmati) - 2 and 1/2 cups 

Water - 4 cups

Onion - 1

Tomato - 2 big

Potato - 3 medium - cut into big chunks

Peas - big handful - dry peas soaked overnight preferable

Ginger - garlic paste - 1 tsp - skipped this

Green chilies - 3

Mint leaves - big handful - chopped coarsely

Cilantro - big handful - chopped coarsely

Whole spices 

Cinnamon - 2 - 1” pieces

Cardamom - 2

Clove - 5 - 6

Black pepper - 1 tsp

Bay leaf - 2 big

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Masala powders

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Jeera powder - 1 tsp

Saunf powder - 1/2 tsp(not in the original recipe)

Garam masala powder - 1 tsp

Red chili powder - 1 tsp - skipped this(if adding reduce green chili to 1)

Turmeric - 1/2 tsp

Method

Turn InstaPot in sauté mode. Add oil + ghee(1 tbsp each). Add whole spices, when they sizzle, add onion. Sauté for a min and then add tomatoes. Sauté. Add green chillies. Add ginger-garlic paste(I skipped this). Sauté til tomatoes are completely cooked - almost about to ooze oil. Then add all the powders. Sauté till oil oozes out. Add mint leaves, cilantro, chopped potato and peas. Mix everything well. Add water. Add salt. Bring it to a boil. Add washed and soaked(for 10 - 20 min) basmati rice. Close the lid and cook in rice mode. NPR. If pressure cooking, same procedure, then cook for 1 or 2 whistles. 

Recipe Source - “https://hebbarskitchen.com/aloo-matar-pulao-recipe/”