Wheat rava peas biriyani

Today we have to post a recipe starting with W and I am depending on english words. I had two choices for W - either start the recipe name with Whole or start with Wheat. I chose the later. As I have said in my earlier posts, wheat rava is largely used in kerala these days. It is promoted as a healthy food mainly to reduce diabetes. I wanted to try something different. So I tried a biriyani.

I have only replaced rice with wheat rava. I tried my best to make it malabar style. The wheat rava biriyani was excellent!! I am in love with it. I added only peas as the main vegetable - only peas was available at home at that time. But we can add all types of vegetables that are generally added for vegetable biriyani/pulav.  Do try this biriyani. I served this with salad and juice. It was so refreshing in this summer.

Ingredients:

Wheat rava - 2 cups

Peas - 1/2 cup

Shallots - 100 grams (peeled)

Tomato - 2 (finely chopped)

Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tbsp

Coriander powder - 1 tbsp

Water - 4 cups

Ghee / nei - 3 tbsp

Curd - 1 tbsp

Green chillies - 4 

Salt - to taste

Dry masala:

Cinnamon / patta - 2 1" piece

Cardamom / elakka- 4

Cloves / lavangam- 8

Bay leaf / karuvapatta ila- 1

Saunf / Perunjeeragam - 1 tsp

Maze / jathi pathri - few strands

Peppercorns / kurumilagu - 1 tsp

To garnish:

Ghee / nei - 1 tbsp

Cashew nuts / andiparuppu - 1 tbsp

Raisins / munthiri - 1 tbsp

Coriander leaves - few

Mint leaves - few

Method:

• Grind the shallots, green chillies, ginger-garlic into a smooth paste.
• In a kadai, add 1 tbsp of ghee. Fry the cashews and raisins until they turn brown. Drain and keep it aside.
• Add another 3 tbsp ghee. Add all the dry masalas and fry for a minute. 
• Now add the onion-garlic paste. Fry until the raw smell goes away and the paste turns light brown.
• Now add finely chopped tomatoes and peas. Keep frying them until the tomatoes turn mushy and you can see oil oozing out of them. 
• Add the coriander powder, salt and curd. Mix well and cook for another 2 minutes.
• Now add 4 cups of water. Let the water boil. Check for salt.
• Once the water is boiled add the wheat rava and mix well. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
• After 5 minutes, check if all the water is consumed. Mix well.
• Garnish the biriyani with fried cashews/raisins, mint/coriander leaves

Wheat rava Peas Biriyani is Ready!!! Enjoy this healthy biriyani!!

Notes:

• We can use tomato puree instead of finely chopped tomatoes.
• We can also garnish the biriyani with fried onions.
• Add more vegetables to make the biriyani more interesting.
• Curd can be avoided if you feel the biriyani will turn tangy.

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