Chickpeas pulao is a flavored rice dish in which chickpeas / chole are cooked with mild spices. This North Indian recipe is easy and quick to prepare. Adding chole to the pulao makes it healthy and nutritious.
I had prepared methi chole yesterday and had not used all of the cooked chole. So I decided to make this pulao with the leftover cooked chole and it turned out delicious. This is a healthy pulao recipe that is a also a good lunch box recipe.
Chickpeas Pulao | Chole Pulao | Kabuli Chana Pulao Recipe
Chickpeas Pulao recipe
Category:Main
Cuisine:North Indian
Author:Jiya Jesh
Serves:2-3
Prep Time:15 mins
Cook Time:15 mins
Total Time:30 mins
a lightly spiced healthy pulao recipe using chickpeas.
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice
- 1/2 cup chickpeas
- 1 big onion
- 2 tomatoes
- 2 green chillies
- 1 inch piece ginger
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds / saunf
- 1 inch piece cinnamon
- 2 cloves
- 2 cardamoms
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp amchur powder
- Handful of mint leaves
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Soak chickpeas in water overnight or for around 7 – 8 hours.
- Pressure cook the chickpeas in enough water for around 3 whistles and keep aside. They should not be fully cooked as we will be cooking them along with the rice again.
- Slice the onion. Chop ginger, garlic and tomatoes. Slit green chillies.
- Chop the mint leaves finely.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker. Add cinnamon, cloves and cardamoms and fry for a few seconds.
- Add the fennel seeds and saute for a couple of seconds.
- Now add the sliced onions, chopped garlic, ginger and slit green chillies.
- Fry till the onions turn golden brown.
- Add in the chopped mint leaves and saute till it wilts.
- Add the chopped tomatoes along with salt, red chilli powder and amchur powder.
- Fry them till the tomatoes turn soft.
- Finally add rice and chickpeas along with 2 cups water and cook till rice is done.
- Once pressure is released, mix rice well.
- Serve chickpeas pulao hot with raita.
Notes
- Use the water in which chickpeas were cooked, for cooking the pulao.
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