Matar Pulao – a rice recipe with peas grains by Yummy Food Desires. Prepared quickly and enjoyed with whole family. With peas grains it is a healthy and beautiful rice dish. Matar rice can be served alone or with joghurt raita and chicken snacks. Learn how to cook delicious Matar Pulao. Ingredients for rice with peas grains see below.
| Ingredients (English) | Zutaten (Deutsch) |
150 g onions 4-5 tbsp water 2 bay leaves 1 tsp peppercorns 1 inch cinnamon stick 2 black cardamoms 2 green cardamoms 4 cloves 2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste 2 tbsp salt 1 tsp chili powder 1 tsp cumin 250 g tomatoes green chilies 250 g peas grains 1200 ml water 500 g rice (30 min presoaked) | 150 g Zwiebel 4-5 EL Wasser 2 Lobeerblätter 1 TL schwarze Pfefferkörner 2,5 cm großes Zimtstück 2 scharze Kardamom 2 grüne Karmom 4 Nelken 2 EL Ingwer-Knoblauch-Paste 2 EL Salz 1 EL Chilipulver 1 EL Kümmel 250 g Tomaten 2 grüne Chilies 250 g Erbsen 1200 ml Wasser 500 g Reis (30 Min. eingeweicht) |
Rice Dishes with vegetable, meat and chickpeas
Rice with chickpeas, rice with vegetables, rice with meat or just simple boiled rice – the food, who is known from the Asian cuisine is delicious and fills you up. First domesticated in the region of the Yangtze River valley in China it is today a yummy food in almost every country. But basmati rice is the speciality of South East Asia, where the people has some special names for their dishes. Some of them are: Aloo Matar Pulao, Vegetable Pulao, Vegetable Rice, Aloo Matar Chawal, Chana Rice, Peas Rice, Biryani, Dam Biryani or Kidschri.
Pulao – rice with typical brown colour
Pulao is recognized by the brown colour that comes from the fried onions cooked in ghee or oil. Matar Pulao, Aloo Pulao or Chana Pulao are the common veggie rice dishes. With meat it becomes a favourite dish for guests. So, Mutton Pulao, Chicken Pulao, Murgh Pulao or Beef Pulao could be also your first dish selection to serve your special guests at home. But don´t forget the raita, a yoghurt dip that complete all the rice dishes – be they with meat, vegetables or chickpeas.
Biryani, Chicken Curry Rice and Kidschri
A superior rice dish remains yet Biryani, layers of juicy-spicy-sour meat mixture and boiled basmati rice in a pot. Invented for soldiers according to legend it reached every kitchen in South East Asia and is known worldwide thanks to the many Indian-Pakistani restaurants around the globe who have Chicken Biryani, Mutton Biryani, Lamb Biryani or Seafood Biryani on their menu. A dish that is more popular than Biryani in western countries is boiled rice with chicken curry. Last but not least, think of Kidschri, rice with lentils, that is consumed as light food.
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