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Rice with peas and cumin

The preparation of this dish of Indian cuisine will take you quite a bit of time and effort. It can be served both as a main dish and as a side dish.

Ingredients

Servings 4 servings
  • 250 g basmati rice
  • onion - 1 onion
  • vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.
  • 2 tsp zira seeds
  • fine sea salt
  • 100 g canned green peas

Cooking

Step 1

Rinse rice, pour 0.5 liters of water, leave for 30 minutes.

Step 2

Finely chop the onion, fry in vegetable oil until translucent, 5 minutes. Add zira, fry everything together for 1 minute.

Step 3

Pour the water from under the rice into a saucepan, bring to a boil, salt, add the rice. Bring to a boil again, add onion with cumin.

Step 4

Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, over very low heat for 15-20 minutes, until all the water has been absorbed.

Step 5

Drain water from peas. Add the peas to the rice pot and stir. Serve sprinkled with finely chopped cilantro and fried onions.

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