Next I decided to post a few rice recipes I know. Its actually very easy to make and it takes very less time.

First i’ll go with the Peas Pulao recipe.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of basmati rice washed and pre-soaked for 20 minutes
  
• 3 and a half  cups of warm water
• 2 and a half cups of frozen peas
• 1 inch shredded ginger
• 2-3 cloves of shredded garlic
  
• 2- 3 green chillies cut into small pieces or whole
  
• 1 cinnamon stick(1 inch), 3 cloves, 3 cardamoms, 5-6 peppercorns all crushed together into a coarse mixture
• 1 sliced onion(optional)
• Salt as per your taste
  

Method:

• Fry or microwave the frozen peas with a pinch of salt seperately till it becomes soft
  

• Heat ghee/oil in a big wok and put the coarse mixture of cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and peppercorns. Stir it for a few seconds and put the shredded ginger, shredded garlic and the green chillies. Stir it for another few seconds and add the onions if you are using it

• Fry the onions till its transparent or becomes soft. Don’t fry it too much

• Strain the pre-soaked rice and mix it well with the onions and fry it for 5 to 6 minutes. Add salt
  

• Add the warm water, cover it and let the rice cook fully. Drain out the excess water if any

• When the rice gets cooked open the lid after it cools down a little(so that the rice gets dried up completely and is not sticky any more),stir it and add the peas.(Adding the peas later is to keep its green color intact, which looks good when you serve

• Its ready to serve!
  

Now, if you want to make Vegetable Fried Rice, you can just stir fry some cut vegetables like green beans, carrots, cauliflower etc along with the peas and mix it later in the rice!