Hello, I am Kate. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make channa pulao recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a very easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. Nowadays, I’m gonna make it a little bit tastier. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Channa pulao Recipe
Channa pulao is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Channa pulao is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first 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:
- Get 3/4 cup chickpeas
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Take 3/4 cups water
- Prepare 1 cup basmati rice
- Make ready 3/4 inch ginger chopped
- Take 3 tbsp coriander
- Prepare 2-4 garlic chopped
- Prepare 2 green chillies chopped
- Make ready leaves Mint
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp caraway seeds
- Make ready 1 cardamon
- Get 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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