Peas Bhath

Ingredients

• • Rice - 1 cup
• • Green peas (fresh) - ¾ cup
• • Onions - 3
• • Salt - as required
• • Turmeric powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Lemon - 1
• • Coriander leaves (cut) - 1 tablespoon
• • Oil - 2 ½ tablespoons
• • Ghee - as required

Ingredients For Seasoning

• • Mustard seeds - ¼ teaspoon
• • Black gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Bengal gram dal - 1 teaspoon
• • Cashew nuts (broken) - 1 tablespoon
• • Curry leaves - 2 sprigs

Ingredients For Grinding Together

• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - ½ cup
• • Green chillies - 7
• • Ginger - ½ inch piece
• • Onions (small) - 6
• • Garlic - 4
• • Cloves - 2
• • Cardamoms - 2
• • Cinnamon - 1 piece

Method

• 1. Cook rice till each grain is separate.
• 2. Spread over abroad basin and allow it to cool.
• 3. Cook peas separately till soft.
• 4. Cut onions finely.
• 5. Heat oil and fry the seasonings till it becomes brown and add onions.
• 6. Fry till crisp.
• 7. Add peas with ground masala paste and fry till raw flavour is lost.
• 8. Add salt, turmeric powder and cooked rice.
• 9. Fry in a high flame till everything is mixed well.
• 10. Remove from fire,squeeze lemon juice and mix well.
• 11. Garnish with cut coriander leaves.
• 12. Fry garlic, onion, cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves in ghee and grind along with other ingredients.