Broken Wheat Pulao Recipe
Ingredients
- Broken wheat- 1 cup
- Chopped beans+carrot- 1/2 cup
- Onion- 1 no.
- Green peas- 1/2 cup
- Salt- 3/4 tsp
To grind
- Mint leaves- 1/2 cup
- Coriander leaves- 1/2 cup
- Chopped ginger- 1 tsp
- Garlic - 5 pods
- Green chillies- 2 no.
- Cinnamon stick- 2" pieces
- Cardamoms- 1 no.
- Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
Seasoning ingredients
- Cooking Oil- 6 tsp
- Bay leaf- 1 no.
Instructions
Preparation
- Soak green peas in enough water for about 4 hours or overnight, drain off the water and keep it ready.
Method
- Put all the ingredients listed under 'To grind' list in a mixer and grind them together to fine puree. Add water if required.
- Peel off onion and chop it finely. In a pressure cooker add oil, bay leaf and chopped onions. Saute till the onions turn translucent.
- Next include chopped beans, carrot and drained green peas. Give a quick stir. Rinse broken wheat in enough water, drain and add it to the pressure cooker. Saute well.
- Next add the spice puree from step 1 and mix it well. Adding 2.5 cups of water and salt, close the lid. Pressure cook it for 3 whistles in medium flame. When the pressure subsides naturally, open the lid and fluff.
- Healthy and tasty broken wheat pulao is ready to serve with your favorite raita.
Notes
- Be generous in adding mint leaves and coriander leaves that give nice color and flavor to pulao.
- You can use fresh green peas too instead of dry ones and that doesn't require soaking too.
- You can include cauliflower florets, potato and turnip cubes as well.
- The water required for 1 cup of broken wheat varies from 2.25 cups to 2.5 cups.