Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, channa pulao. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Channa pulao is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Channa pulao is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Chana pulao recipe with step by step photos. This is a one-pot spiced fragrant chickpea pilaf made with basmati rice, white chickpeas, herbs and spices. channa masala and saute it for few minutes till it is mixed properly. while the recipe is extremely finally i do recommend you to check my other pulao recipes collection with this post of chana pulao. A quick easy and simple Channa Pulao recipe for you.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have channa pulao using 15 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Channa pulao:
- Prepare 3/4 cup chickpeas
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Take 3/4 cups water
- Prepare 1 cup basmati rice
- Take 3/4 inch ginger chopped
- Make ready 3 tbsp coriander
- Take 2-4 garlic chopped
- Get 2 green chillies chopped
- Take leaves Mint
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp caraway seeds
- Take 1 cardamon
- Prepare 1-2 strand mace
- Prepare 1 inch cinnamon
- Take 1 tez patta
- Make ready 3-4 piyaz
Yummy and delicious Channa Pulao is ready. If channa is soaked overnight, no need to pressure cook it separately. It will become very mushy, as we cook it along with. Channa Pulao is always my favorite….
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.
Though I make chana biryani often. Achari Chana Pulao recipe with step by step photos. Here's an interesting chana pulao that I came across at dhaba while I was in Punjab. The owner was more than happy to. Channa Pulao is a flavourous and a very simple dish.
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