Butter Beans Pulav - A healthy Perspective

I always end up making Gravy or Sundal with the Double Beans . Wanting to make something different i decided on a Pulav with it and a host of other ingredients. 
Double Beans are legumes - they are a type of Lima Beans or Broad Beans that needs to be soaked in water well before cooking. It looks like this---

This flavorful pulav was a revelation !

Here's my take on this Pulav---


What goes :-


Grains/Legume/Veggies/Herbs

• Rice - 2 cups
• Double Beans (boiled) - 1 cup
• Capsicum (chopped) - 1 medium sized
• Onions (sliced) - 2 to 3 
• Scallions tuber ( chopped) - 1 to 2
• Tuber of Leek (chopped) - a handful

Spices n Others

• Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp
• Mace (crushed roughly) - as required
• Cardamom Seeds - 2 to 3 pods
• Ginger & Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp
• Biryani Masala - 1 tsp ( it was a coarse powder of Peppercorns, bay leaves, cinnamon )
• Salt - to taste
• Butter - 1 tbsp
• Vegetable Stock - 3 cups (use water if you don't have veg stock)
• Cream of Coconut Milk - 1/2 cup

For Garnish :-

• Coriander Leaves & Scallion Leaves (finely chopped) - a handful
• Sliced onions (deep fried) - little

How:-

It is very important to soak Double Beans in water for atleast 6-8 hrs. Wash the soaked beans well and pressure cook with required water till they are soft and tender. Along with the boiled beans get the other ingredients ready !

In a thick bottomed pan, add butter and as it melts let the fennel seeds splutter. To it add mace and the seeds of cardamom. Stir well for some time. Now add the ginger- garlic paste and saute till the raw smell evaporates.

Now add the sliced onions along with the chopped scallion and leek tubers and saute well. Add the capsicum and stir fry for a few minutes. 

I had a little Biryani Masala and decided to use it. Add the masala powder, salt and saute. If the mix is getting very thick and sticky add water ( i added a little water from the boiled beans). 

Add the double beans and mix well. 

In the meanwhile wash the rice well and drain it. Mix it along with the sauteed veggies/herbs.

An opened pack of Coconut Milk called for my attention and i decided to empty the contents to the rice. It was roughly 1/2 cup. Mix well Now add Vegetable Stock (follow the link to find how to make veg stock) or water as required to cook the rice. 

Close the lid of the pan and let it cook in a low/medium flame till 15 minutes or till the rice is done. Garnish the rice with chopped coriander & scallion leaves . Further dress it up with fried onions

Serve Hot with accompaniments of your choice.

Enjoy !

Sending this recipe to Torview's Food Palette Series - White

Also linking this to priya's MLLA # 30 event announcement by Susan



This also goes to Girlichef's Hearth N Soul Hop - Vol 28