Rice with Peas

Name: Rice with Peas (Tahiri)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 570 ml/1 pint water, or chicken stock; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons vegetable oil; enough long-grain rice to fill a glass measuring jug to the 425 ml/15 fl oz level; 75 g/3 oz onion, peeled and finely chopped; 150–175 g/5½–6 oz fresh, shelled peas, or frozen peas, defrosted, may be substituted; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds

Tahiri

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery

By Madhur Jaffrey

Published 2023

About

This rice dish is flavoured, very mildly, with cumin seeds, making it suitable for almost any kind of meal.

Ingredients

enough long-grain rice to fill a glass measuring jug to the 425 ml/15 fl oz level

Asia
India
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Wash the rice in several changes of water and drain. Put the rice in a bowl. Add 1.25 litres/2 pints of water and soak for 30 minutes. Drain and leave in a sieve for 20–30 minutes.
Heat the oil in a heavy pot over a medium flame. When hot, put in the cumin seeds. Stir them about for 3 seconds. Now put in the chopped onion. Stir and fry until the onion is flecke