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Achari Chana Pulao

Dec-01-2016
Shuchita Verma
5 minutes
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Achari Chana Pulao RECIPE

A wholesome lunch box idea to keep you going through the long day at work

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Easy
  • Others
  • Main Dish
  • Healthy

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. Chickpeas, soaked overnight and boiled - 1 cup, I used the canned chickpeas
  2. Rice - 2 cups, pre soaked for at least 10 mins, if not more
  3. Onion, finely sliced - 1 big
  4. Green chillies (slit) - 4-5 nos, according to taste
  5. Seeds - Fennel seeds-1 tsp, Mustard seeds-1 tsp, Kalonji seeds-1 tsp, Cumin seeds - 1 tsp, Fenugreek seeds - ½ tsp (I used 1 ½ tsp panch foran mix)
  6. Bay leaves - 2-3 nos
  7. Black cardamom-2
  8. Hing - a pinch
  9. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  10. Haldi powder - ¼ tsp
  11. Coriander powder 1 tsp
  12. Chili powder - 2 tsp
  13. Yoghurt- 2-3 tbsp
  14. Mint leaves - finely chopped, few
  15. few Coriander leaves,
  16. Mango achaar - 2 tbsp
  17. Oil- 2 tbsp
  18. Salad & raita of your choice to go with it.
  19. Salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Take a pan and add some ghee. When the ghee gets hot, add bay leaves, black cardanon. Add panch foran & let it splutter.
  2. Add sliced onions and sauté till the onions are transparent. Add salt, green chillies, hing, turmeric, ginger garlic paste, cook well until the raw flavours are gone.
  3. Add the pre boiled chana & mix well.
  4. In a separate bowl take some yogurt, add coriander powder, chilli pd, mango achaar and mix well. Mix this yogurt spice into the chana masala and mix well.
  5. Add the soaked basmati rice (soak rice for at least 1/2 hour and drain the water off). Spread the rice evenly over the chana masala and pour about 4 cups of water for 2 cups of rice and add salt, finely chopped mint leaves and coriander.
  6. Cover the pan with a lid and cook over slow flame till the rice is cooked and done. Once done, cool a little & pack to enjoy with some salad & raita of your choice

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Selvi Anand
Apr-06-2017
Selvi Anand   Apr-06-2017

Tastes very good.

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