Rice with Peas - Matar Pilau

Ingredients:
Serves: 4-5

• 1 1/2 cups long grain rice
• 2 tablespoon ghee
• 1 medium sized onion cut into peices
• 5 green chillies
• 4 whole cloves
• 1 small cinnamon stick
• 3 or 4 cardamom pods, bruised
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• 3 inch ginger sliced into small pieces
• 4 garlic cloves sliced into pieces
• 1 cup shelled green peas 
• 1/2 cup diced carrots
• salt as required
• 3 1/4 cups hot water

Method:

• Wash the rice well and leave to soak in cold water for 30 minutes, then drain well.
• Heat the ghee in a heavy saucepan and fry the cloves, cinnamon, cardamom pods and cumin seeds, for 1 minute. 
• Then add onion,chillies fry for 3 min.
• To this add ginger and garlic pieces fry for 3 min.
• Add peas/carrots, salt and hot water. 
• Bring quickly to the boil, then add rice and cook for 20 min. 
• Remove whole spices, fork rice grains lightly and serve hot with meat or vegetable curries.