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Rice and Green Pea Pulao

August 12, 2010 by Katie Mae Stanley 7 Comments

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Blue bowl full of rice topped with slivered almonds and a cinnamon stick

Last week I shared about Vasi, a wonderful Malaysian woman who invited me to her home to learn to cook some amazing traditional Malaysian dishes. This week I’m sharing with you the rice dish she taught me to make, “Rice and Green Pea Pulao”. This rice is perfect with the Malaysian Chicken Curry I made last week. I have included soaking instructions, if you want the benefits of braking down the phtyic acid.  If you don’t plan on soaking that’s completely fine, Vasi’s original dish did not call for soaking the rice. This is a wonderful aromatic dish.

The morning you want to serve the rice for dinner, get out a bowl and add:

2 cups brown basmati rice
2 cups warm water
2 TBS acid medium (apple cider vinegar, whey, lemon juice, or kombucha)

Cover and let soak for at least 7 hours.

That evening drain off the water and rinse the rice to remove any bitter baste left by the acid medium. Your rice should have absorbed about 1/2 cup of water.

The rest of the ingredients are as follows.

Your soaked rice
3 1/2 cups chicken stock or water (if you didn’t soak your rice use 4 cups)
4 TSB coconut oil
1 medium onion
1/4 cup cashews and almond slivers
1 tsp cumin seeds
3 cloves
3-4 cardamon pods or 1/2 tsp cardamon powder
1 cinnamon stick or 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1/4 tsp turmeric
1/4 cup raisins (optional)
1 cup frozen peas
1 tsp or so of salt

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lay the cashews or almonds on a cookies sheet and roast for 10 minutes. Remove and set aside.

2. Heat oil in pan, add cumin seeds, cloves, cardamon, cinnamon, drained rice and salt. Stir fry for 2 minutes.

3. Add chicken stock or water, peas, turmeric and raisins. Bring to boil.

4. Cover and cook until rice is done, about 40 minutes.

5. Garnish with nuts just before serving.

When I have made this rice I have only used my rice cooker. It turns out amazing and you don’t have to worry about your rice sticking to the bottom of the pan. Here are the rice cooker instructions

1. Same as above

2. Heat oil in pan, add cumin clovers, cardamon, cinnamon,onion and salt. Stir fry for 2 minutes.

3. Add rice, chicken stock or water, peas, turmeric and raisins. Cover and cook until the rice cooker turns off.

4. Garnish with nuts just before serving.

So simple and easy! Now I just need to find a rice cooker that is stainless steel, not aluminum….

This post is part of Pennywise Platter Thursday @ The Nourishing Gourmet , Monday Mania @ The Healthy Home Economist , Two for Tuesday @ Girlichef  and Tuesday Twister, Fat Tuesday,

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About Katie Mae Stanley

Katie Mae Stanley is the creator of Nourishing Simplicity. She believes that a made from scratch life is possible with a measure of grace. She teaches you to craft simple, nourishing recipes and natural DIY products at home.

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  1. Sarah, the Healthy Home Economist

    August 23, 2010 at 12:49 am

    Now I know what pulao is!! Thanks for sharing this cool idea at Monday Mania!

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  2. Butterpoweredbike

    August 19, 2010 at 8:24 pm

    This looks lovely, I just adore cardamom. I’ve been throwing it in just about anything for which I used to use cinnamon. Thank you for sharing your treat with Two for Tuesday.

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  3. Christy

    August 19, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    What a great rice dish – I love dishes like this one, I love the cinnamon in this – delicious! Thanks for linking this to Two for Tuesdays!

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  4. the clark clan

    August 19, 2010 at 5:03 am

    Hello beautiful flower and thanks for sharing the food love on the two for tuesday recipe blog hop! I adore that you are cooking with a woman filled with wisdom and giving you lessons in her culture and traditional cooking. This is divine and you are so blessed! Rice and peas go so well together, but few rarely make them in combination like this! Very nice. Thank you again for linking! Alex@amoderatelife

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  5. girlichef

    August 18, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    Oh good grief, my tummy is growling!! This sounds so delicious, nutritious….and comforting! Thank you for sharing it with Two for Tuesdays this week 🙂

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  6. Moogie

    August 18, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    Hi… I’m your newest follower.

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