Chana Daal Pulao
January 25, 2013
Bengal gram and rice cooked in spices, served with raita or dry vegetable.
Cuisine
North Indian
Course
Main Course
Serves
3
Method
Pressure Cooker
Difficulty
Easy
Cook Time
30 minutes
- Cuisine North Indian
- Course Main Course
- Serves 3
- Method Pressure Cooker
- Difficulty Easy
- Cook Time 30 minutes
Ingredients
chana daal( bengal gram)
3/4 cup
ghee( clarified butter)
4 1/2 teaspoon
red chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon
turmeric
1/2 teaspoon
pulao masala
1/2 teaspoon
basmati rice
2 cup
cinnamon sticks
2
Instructions
1. Cook rice. Heat ghee in a cooker on medium to high flame. Put red chilli powder, turmeric powder and pulao masala in cooker and roast spices well.
2. Put chana daal in roasted spices and shallow fry daal for 3-4 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of water and cinnamon sticks also. Pressure cook it for 10-15 minutes( Daal should not be soft, it should be grainy but able to chew ). So you don't have to cook daal for long as you generally cook it.
3. Now open the cooker and add the rice to cooked daal and mix well. Chana daal pulao is ready to serve.
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