Green Peas / Matar Pualo - Easy Lunch Box Recipe

Peas Pulao is one of famous rice varieties from North Indian Cuisine and also easy to make one pot meal. You can serve this pulao with any gravy or even with raita and pickle, it will taste yummy.

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice - 1 cup
Green peas - ½ cup
Onion - 1
Green chillies - 3 ( slited)
Ginger garlic paste - 1½ to 2 tsp
Mint leaves - 10 to 15 leaves
Water - 2 cups
Salt - to taste

For seasoning:
Ghee + oil - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Bay leaf - 1
Cinnamon - 1
Cloves - 2
Cardamom - 1

Thenga Manga Pattani Sundal / Beach Sundal

This sundal (seasoned legumes) taste yummy with the sour taste of raw mango.  It is commonly known as Beach sundal, very famous in Tamilnadu.  I know many of you have their own memories when you read the name of the recipe!

Do Check my Navadhaniya Sundal / Thengai Mangai Navadhaniya Sundal in which I have used 9 sprouted legumes with slight variation in seasoning!

Let's move on to the recipe;

Ingredients:

Dry white peas – 1 cup

Grated or chopped raw mango - 3 to 4 tbsp

Onion - 1 (medium sized - finely chopped)

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp 

Red chilli powder - ½ tsp

Grated coconut – ¼ cup

Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp(finely chopped)

Salt – to taste

For seasoning:

Oil – 1 to 2 tsp

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Urad dhal - ½ tsp