Ingredients:
For Rice
Basmatic rice-1cup
Turmeric Pwd a pinch
Cumin seeds-1tsp
Bay leaf-1
clove-2no
cinnamon-2no
cardamon-2no
Ghee-1tbsp
Water-11/2cup
Salt To Taste
For Masala
Onion-1medium
Green chilles-2no
Mint Leaves-½cup
Coriander leaves-½cup
Coconut-50gms
Garlic-4pods
Ginger-2inch piece
For channa Pulao
Kabuli Channa-1cup
Onion-1medium
Tomatoes-1medium
Chilli Pwd-1tsp
Garam masala-½tsp
Salt to Taste
Preparation:
1.Wash and soak rice for 15mints.
2.Mean while,grind all the masala ingredients to a fine paste.
3.Then chop onions and tomatoes into finally.
4.Once rice is soaked for 15mints,heat a cooker/pan with ghee.Add cumin seeds,cloves,cinnamon,bayleaf.Fry for few mints.Then drain rice and fry for few mints ensuring the rice does not break.Add 11/2cup water and a pinch of turmeric.Salt to taste and cook for 1 whistle in cooker/till the water evaparots in pan.Keep aside.
5.Heat a kadai with oil,add onion and fry till it turns brown in colour.Add the ground masala and cook on high flame for fewmints.Add chilli pwd and simmer for 5mints,then add tomatoes along with salt.Cook till its soft and mashed.
6.Then add cooked channa nd mixwell.The masala should not have water init.then slowly mix cooked rice to this masala and immer for 5mints.Then channa Pulao is ready.
Sending this to Herb Mania,an event started by Dee of ammaluskitchen.And This Month it is hosted by Siri of siri-corner
that rice looks nice thanks for sharing
thank u smn for ur comments
Congrats on your 50th post. Seems like you have come a long way. Good job.
looks perfect. I am going to try this for this weekend's lunch
Congrats Pavani... nice recipe to round up your 100th post!
Sorry, I meant 50th post not 100th... won't be too long to reach there I hope!
Looks delicious...like the colour of the pulav...nice entry for the event :)..And Congrats on your 50th post..hope to see soon 100th post 🙂
divya,thank u yaar for ur lovely words.Really these words r giving me energy to prepare lot more..onc again thank u divya..
vidhya,
Thanku very much for visting my blog and for ur lovely comments
Priti
thanks yaar for support and for ur comments
first time to your blog. nice recipes.