SWEET POTATO GREEN PEAS PULAV

This is one of my successful recipe to make my 4 year old daughter to have sweet potato. As everyone knows, sweet potato is a very old vegetable in use all over the world with lots and lots of health benefits like rich in vitamin A, anti-oxidant,  antibactierial, antifungal, fiber rich, helps to regulate blood sugar levels etc.... Being from South India, I was served sweet potato just by steaming or boiling. I did the same for my daughter until she was 3 years. After 3 years I couldnt make my daughter to have sweet potato in the same way. At the same time I don't want her to take it in fried. So I thought the following pulav recipe will work good, it works.  Hope you too will have a good experience with the following recipe. The reciepe of pulav is a regular one and its easy to do too in one pot. 

Ingredients:

1. Sweet potato - 200 gms ( chopped into medium size chunks)
2. Fresh green peas - 1/2 cup
3. Onion - 1, medium size (thinly sliced)
4. Basmati / long grain rice - 3/4 cup
5. Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp
6. Salt - 1 1/2 tsp or to taste
7. Oil or Butter or Ghee - 1 tbs for cooking


Seasoning:


1. Cloves - 1
2. Cinamon stick - 1 inch
3. Bay leaf - 1
4. Green chilli - 1, chopped or to taste


Method:


1. Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add cloves, cinamon stick, bay leaf, green chillies for seasoning. 


2. Once they got fried, add sliced onions and fry to golden brown. 


3. Add ginger garlic paste and keep frying for another 30 seconds.


4. Add chopped sweet potatos and fresh peas and fry for another 2 minutes.


5. Add 1 1/2 cups - 2 cups ( depends on the rice) of water.  


6. Clean and wash the rice. Drain out all the water from the rice before adding. When the water starts to boil add the washed rice. Close the pressure cooker and put the weight. Allow to cook until it gives 2 whistles or 12 mintues. Switch off. Remove the lid, when the pressure is completely gone.


7. Transfer the cooked aromatic pulav to a serving bowl and serve hot with your favorite side dish.


note:

1.  Its always better to soak the washed rice for a minimun of 10 minutes.Dont make sweet potatos to smaller chunks as it has the tendency of getting smashed easily. 
2.  If you are interested to know more nutritional value about sweet potatos, check out the following link. Its always good to hold the traditional foods in our daily life. 


http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=64