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Channa pulao Recipe
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook channa pulao using 15 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Channa pulao:
- Take 3/4 cup chickpeas
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready 3/4 cups water
- Make ready 1 cup basmati rice
- Get 3/4 inch ginger chopped
- Prepare 3 tbsp coriander
- Prepare 2-4 garlic chopped
- Get 2 green chillies chopped
- Make ready leaves Mint
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp caraway seeds
- Make ready 1 cardamon
- Take 1-2 strand mace
- Make ready 1 inch cinnamon
- Make ready 1 tez patta
- Take 3-4 piyaz
Instructions to make Channa pulao:
- Rinse and then soak chickpeas/chole/chana overnight or for 8 to 9 hours in enough water
- Drain them well. Then add to the pressure cooker. Also add salt.
- Pressure cook for 12 to 14 whistles or for about 20 minutes, till the chickpeas are tender and cooked very well
- Add water.
- Again drain the cooked chickpeas and keep aside.
- Rinse 1 cup heaped basmati rice very well in water till the water runs clear of starch. then soak the rice in enough water for 30 mins. Later strain and keep aside.
- In a small grinder or chutney grinder or magic bullet, add ¾ inch ginger (chopped), 3 to 4 garlic (chopped), 1 tbsp chopped mint leaves, 3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves and 1 green chili (chopped).
- Make a semi-fine or a fine paste of the ingredients with ½ to 1 tbsp water. Keep this green paste aside.
- In a pressure cooker heat ghee or oil and add all the whole spices – ½ tsp caraway seeds, 1 black cardamom, 2 green cardamom, 1 to 2 single strands of mace, 1 inch cinnamon, 2 to 3 cloves and 1 tej patta (Indian bay leaf). Saute the whole garam masala or whole spices for some seconds till fragrant.
- Then add sliced onions
- Saute the onions till light brown or golden brown.
- Mix well and saute the entire mixture for a minute
- Add ½ tsp lemon juice.Then add a pinch of saffron threads (optional). Mix everything well.
- Add the drained cooked chickpeas
- Then add water.
- Season with salt and stir well. pressure cook on a medium for 2 to 3 whistles or for 10 to 12 minutes. I pressure cooked for 2 whistles.
- When the pressure settles down on its own, then open the lid of the cooker. gently fluff the rice.
- Garnish with coriander leaves or mint leaves and Serve chana pulao hot with raita, pickle, papad or any veg salad.
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