Pea and browned onion pullao

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4-6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      2 hr

Appears in
Andaza: A Memoir of Food, Flavour and Freedom in the Pakistani Kitchen

By Sumayya Usmani

Published 2023

  • About

An equally satisfying meat-free version of my mother’s pullao.

Ingredients

  • 250 g ( cups) brown basmati rice
  • 2 tablespoons ghee

Method

  • Rinse the rice, then leave it to soak in a bowl of water for 1 hour.
  • Melt the ghee in a heavy-based saucepan (one that has a tight-fitting lid) over medium heat. Add the cumin seeds, star anise, coriander seeds, black cardamom pod and peppercorns and fry for about 30 seconds until fragrant, or until the cumin seeds begins to pop.
  • Add the onion, garlic a