Peas Pulav

Ingredients

1 cup rice
2 cups water
½ cup green Peas (blanched)
1 small piece cinnamon
3 Cloves
1 Cardamom
2 Green Chillies (slit)
1 tsp ginger (chopped)
1 tsp oil
2 tsp ghee
Salt to taste

Method

Wash rice and filter the water and set aside.
In a cooker heat oil and ghee.
Add ginger, garlic and saute.
Add all spices one by one and sauté.
Add 2 glasses of water with salt and allow to boil well.
Add rice mix and close the lid.

Put the weight once steam comes.
Pressure cook for one whistle.
Then cook in low flame for 10 minutes and switch off the gas.

After 15 minutes open the cooker.
Add blanched green peas and mix gently.
Ready to serve hot green Peas Pulav.
Goes well with any raitha.

Bottle Gourd Halwa

Ingredients

1 Cup grated bottle gourd
1 Cup milk (boiled)
½ Cup sugar
¼ tsp cardamom powder
4 tbsp Ghee

Method

Heat 1 tsp ghee, add bottle gourd and saute for 2 minutes.
Add milk cook till all milk evaporates.(stir continuously)
Add sugar and cook well.
And remaining ghee and cardamom powder mix well.
Bottle Gourd halwa is ready to serve.