Broad Beans Pulav

 Broad Beans Pulav Recipe

Broad Beans / Fava Beans / Lima Beans / Butter Beans सेम .  Broad Beans Pulav is a  healthy tasty easy and nutritional one dish meal delicious rice. You can replace Broad Beans / Fava Beans with  Navy beans for more nutrition.

What we need

  • 1 cup cooked rice
  • ½ cup sprouted vaal/ Broad Beans / Fava Beans 
  • 1 small onion sliced
  • ½ inch ginger chopped
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds jeera
  • 1/3 teaspoon turmeric powder                                     
  • 2 clove
  • ½ inch cinnamon
  • 2 bay leaf
  • 3 green chilli
  • ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 2 tablespoon ghee or cooking oil
  • 1 pinch Hing/Asafoetida
  • Salt to taste
  • Chopped coriander for garnishing

How to make

Soak sprouted beans in boiling water for 15 minutes then drain from water.

Heat ghee or oil in a heavy bottom pan. When ghee is hot add cumin/jeera and let them crackle.

Now add sliced onion, green chilli, ginger and the clove cinnamon, bay leaf, Hing/Asafoetida and sauté until onion becomes golden brown.

Add turmeric powder stir.

 Now add beans and sauté about 3-4 minute over medium heat then add rice and salt mix cover and cook on low heat for 5 minutes.

Turn off heat and garnish with coriander leaf. Serve hot with plain curd.

Note you can replace fava beans with  Navy Beans if you want more protein.