Chickpeas pulao

Name: Chickpeas pulao
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 grams Basmati Rice; 150 grams Chickpeas; 2 Chopped Onions; 4 Green Chillies; 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste; 1 tbsp Garam masala; 2 tbsp Ghee; as per taste Salt; as required Water; For Spices--; 1 Bay leaf; 2 Cardamoms; 4 Cloves; 1 small stick cinnamon; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 10 Peppercorns

HomemadeByAmirtha @Amirtha

Chennai

Chickpeas pulao

HomemadeByAmirtha @Amirtha

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Ingredients

60 minutes

2 servings

200 gramsBasmati Rice
150 gramsChickpeas
2Chopped Onions
4Green Chillies
1 tbspGinger Garlic paste
1 tbspGaram masala
2 tbspGhee
as per tasteSalt
as requiredWater
For Spices--
1Bay leaf
2Cardamoms
4Cloves
1small stick cinnamon
1 tspcumin seeds
10Peppercorns

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Steps

60 minutes

1

Wash the Basmati Rice and soak in water for 30 minutes.
2

Soak the chickpeas overnight or 8hours and boil them for 3 whistles.
3

In a boiling pot, add a glass of water and add in the spices. Boil the water with the spices until the water reduced half and stain the water.
4

Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pressure cooker, add in the chopped onions and fry until it turns brown.
5

Then add in the ginger garlic paste, slit green chillies, garam masala, salt and give a good mix.
6

Now add the chickpeas and the Rice. Mix well with the onions
7

Add the stained water from the spices. If this water is not enough, further add more water. (For 200grams of rice I used 400 grams of water)
8

Check for salt. Cover the pressure cooker and cook in high flame for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes place the pressure cooker on top of a dosa tawa and cook for low flame for 10 minutes.
9

Open the cooker, Hot and delicious chickpeas pulao is ready. You can serve with onion raita.