Chana Dal Pulao Recipe – Chana Dal Rice Recipe – Kadalai Paruppu Pulav Recipe

Chana Dal Pulao Recipe – Chana Dal Rice Recipe – Kadalai Paruppu Pulav Recipe with step wise pictures.

Simple but flavourful pulao recipe made using rice and chana dal. This is a protein rich nutritious dish for your kids. Great Lunch Box Recipe too.

Chana dal pulao is a highly nutritious recipe for your kids. This is a must make recipe atleast once a week. I made it and served with bengali sweet and sour chana dal and tomato raita. I am sure you will love this simple pulav a lot. You can serve with any spicy curries like chicken curry or any veg curry.

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Chana Dal Pulao

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

45 mins

Total time

55 mins

 

Simple but flavourful pulao recipe made using rice and chana dal. This is a protein rich nutritious dish for your kids. Great to put in your kids lunch box too.

Author: Aarthi

Recipe type: Main

Cuisine: Indian

Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients

• Basmati Rice - 1 cup
• Chana Dal / Kadalai Paruppu - ½ cup
• Ghee - 2 tblsp
• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
• Cinnamon / Pattai a small piece
• Cardamom / Yelakai - 4
• Cloves / Krambu - 4
• Onion - 1 large sliced thinly
• Green Chillies - 3 to 4 slit
• Ginger - 1 tblsp chopped
• Garlic- 1 tblsp chopped
• Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste

Instructions

1. Soak chana dal for 1 hour. Soak rice for 30 mins. Drain and set aside.
2. Heat ghee in a pan, add cumin, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.
3. Add in onions, ginger, garlic and chillies. Saute till golden.
4. Add in salt, turmeric and mix well.
5. Add in chana dal and mix well. Add 1 cup of water and cover the pot with a lid. Cook for 25 to 30 mins till the dal is cooked.
6. Now add in rice and mix well.
7. Add in 1.5 cups of water and bring it to a boil.
8. Simmer the pan, cover with a lid and cook for15 mins.
9. Open and fluff up the rice.
10. Serve.

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Pictorial:

1)Soak chana dal for 1 hour.

2)Heat ghee in a pot, add cumin seeds

3)Add in cinnamon stick

4)Add in cardamom and cloves

5)Add in onions, ginger, garlic and chillies

6)Saute them for a min

7)Cook till gets light golden

8)Add in salt and turmeric powder

9)Mix well

10)Add in chana dal

11)Give it a mix

12)Add some water

13)Mix well

14)Cover and cook for 20 to 30 mins

15)Till the chana dal is 3/4th cooked

16)Add in rice

17)Mix well

18)Add in water

19)Bring it to a boil

20)Cover and simmer

21)Now it is cooked

22)Fluff up the rice

23)Serve