Chana Pulao Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe quick and is with protein rich chickpeas and this is one delicious pot of rice.
Chana Pulav
This pulav i made for todays lunch, i couldn't wait to share it with you. It is inspired from a meal which i ate when i was travelling, i had this with dal and butter chicken and it is the dinner which i had in flight. And i loved the flavours and combination of that. So i thought of making that for lunch today, i also made moong dal tadka to go with it. It will be shared in my next post.
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Ingredients for Chana Pulav
- Oil - 3 tbsp
- Bay Leaf - 1
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Star Anise / Anasipu - 1
- Green Cardamom / Yelakai - 4
- Black Cardamom - 1
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 stick
- Mace / Javitri - 1
- Onion - 1 medium size sliced thinly
- Tomato - 1 sliced
- Green Chillies - 3 chopped
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Kala Chana / Chana - 1 cup cooked
- Basmati Rice - 1 cup
- Water - 1 cup and ½ cup of cooking liquid from kala chana
This is pretty easy pulao, great to put in your kids lunch box. If you pre cook the chana the previous day itself, then you don't have to worry about anything. It can be made in minutes.
How to Make Chana Pulao
- Soak chana overnight, drain water add it to a pressure cooker, cover with fresh water.
- Add little salt and pressure cook this for 15 to 20 whistle till chana gets soft.
- Drain it and reserve the chana cooking liquid as well.
- Soak Basmati rice for 30 mins.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add in the whole spices and saute for a min.
- Add in onions and green chillies. Saute till golden.
- Now add in ginger garlic paste and salt. Mix well.
- Add in tomatoes and mix well with the onions.
- Then add in cooked chana and mix well. Add in the drained rice and toss well.
- Now add in ½ cup of chana cooking liquid and water. Cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle, simmer the pan for 5 to 8 mins.
- Turn off the heat and let the steam escape all by itself. Open the cooker and fluff the rice.
- Serve.
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Chana Pulav Recipe | Chana Pulao Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp Oil
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 1 Star Anise / Anasipu -
- 4 Green Cardamom / Yelakai
- 1 Black Cardamom
- 1 stick Cinnamon / Pattai
- 1 Mace / Javitri
- 1 medium size sliced thinly Onion
- 1 sliced Tomato
- 3 chopped Green Chillies
- 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup cooked Kala Chana / Chana
- 1 cup Basmati Rice
- 1 cup and ½ cup of cooking liquid from kala chana Water
Instructions
- Soak chana overnight, drain water add it to a pressure cooker, cover with fresh water.
- Add little salt and pressure cook this for 15 to 20 whistle till chana gets soft.
- Drain it and reserve the chana cooking liquid as well.
- Soak Basmati rice for 30 mins.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add in the whole spices and saute for a min.
- Add in onions and green chillies. Saute till golden.
- Now add in ginger garlic paste and salt. Mix well.
- Add in tomatoes and mix well with the onions.
- Then add in cooked chana and mix well. Add in the drained rice and toss well.
- Now add in ½ cup of chana cooking liquid and water. Cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle, simmer the pan for 5 to 8 mins.
- Turn off the heat and let the steam escape all by itself. Open the cooker and fluff the rice.
- Serve.
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Chana Pulao Recipe Step by Step
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| These are the whole spices you will be using |
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| First i soaked chana overnight, Then I cooked chana till it gets soft in a pressure cooker along with some salt for 15 to 20 whistle. |
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| I soaked 1 cup of basmati rice for 30 mins |
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| Heat oil in a pressure cooker |
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| Add in the seasoning ingredients |
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| now add in onions and green chillies |
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| Saute till onion turns golden |
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| add in ginger garlic paste |
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| and some salt |
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| cook till it is done |
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| add in a slice tomato |
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| mix well |
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| add in cooked chana |
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| Mix that well |
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| add in soaked drained basmati rice |
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| mix that around |
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| I measured ½ cup of the cooking liquid from chana |
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| poured that in |
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| i added a additional 1 cup of water |
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| Mix well..Cover and pressure cook |
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| Now it is done |
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| fluff up the rice and serve |
Uma Shankar
very nutricious and easy one to make
Anonymous
Can we add channa masala powder to this dish?
Aarthi
@Anonymousif u want you can use
Bharathi
Hi Aarthi
Can we add vegetables like carrot and beans along with this pulao? Do you think it would be nice with it? Wanted to try this for my kid to make him eat channa as he usually likes pulao.
Aarthi
@Bharathiyes u can add any veggies as well
Cynthia
What basmati rice do you use? Recommend?
Aarthi
I recommend india gate classic