Mushroom Pilau Rice
Mushroom Pilau Rice, often known as Mushroom Pulao, is a simple rice meal cooked with mushrooms, green peas and spices.
Yield: 3
Materials
- 200 gms Button Mushroom
- 1 cup Basmati Rice
- ¼ cup Green Peas blanched
- 1 no Onion, medium chopped
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Red Chilli Powder optional
- ½ teaspoon Coriander Powder
- Salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon Ginger grated
- 4 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
- ½ inch Cinnamon Stick
- 1-2 no Cardamom
- 1-2 no Clove
- 1 no Bay Leaf
Instructions
- Rinse and pat dry the mushrooms and later slice them and keep aside.
- Meanwhile, wash the rice and soak the rice for 10 minutes. Later drain the water and keep aside.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan and add the sliced mushrooms. Fry them in high heat with little salt.
- Once done, take out the fried mushrooms and keep aside.
- Now add the remaining oil in the pan and add whole spices such as cinnamon stick, bay leaf, cardamom and clove.
- Next add chopped onion and cook until transparent.
- Stir in green peas and later add spice powders including turmeric powder, coriander powder and red chilli powder. Combine well.
- Add the rice and mix well with the spices.
- Now add fried mushrooms and mix well.
- Finally, add required water and salt as per taste. Allow to cook the rice under medium flame.
- Continue to cook until the water is completely absorbed. When the water is almost evaporated, cover it with a lid and turn off the heat after few minutes.
- Let it rest for 6 to 8 minutes without opening the lid.
- Fluff the rice using a fork and serve it hot with curd or raita.