Chana pulao recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup Basmati rice (heaped)
• 1/2 cup Chana (white)
• 1 Onion
• 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
• 3 Green chilli
• 1 tsp Chana masala powder (heaped)
• 1 tsp Lemon juice
• 2 tbsp Coriander leaves (chopped)
• Salt
• 2 tbsp Oil/ ghee
• 1 inch piece Cinnamon
• 2 Cloves
• 1 Cardamom
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1 Star anise

Instructions

1. 1

   --- Prep works ---

2. 2

   Soak chana overnight and drain the water morning.

3. 3

   Wash and soak basmati rice for 10 minutes in hot water (or 30 mins in plain water) before cooking.

4. 4

   Slice onion lengthwise and slit green chillies.

5. 5

   --- Make chana pulao ---

6. 6

   Heat a small pressure cooker firstly with oil/ ghee and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’.

7. 7

   After that, add onion, green chillies and fry till onion turns translucent. Ginger garlic paste goes in.

8. 8

   Fry furthermore until raw smell goes away, but make sure not to over fry/ burn it.

9. 9

   Then, sprinkle chana masala powder and give a quick stir.

10. 10

    After that, add soaked rice drained from water, soaked chana, salt and mix well.

11. 11

    Then, pour 1 & 1/2 cups of water and bring to boil, add lemon juice.

12. 12

    Keep in lowest possible flame and cook for 12-14 minutes.

13. 13

    You can also pressure cook for 2 whistles in medium flame.

14. 14

    Once done open the cooker, add chopped coriander leaves and mix gently.