Black chickpea pulao in pressure cooker

Name: Black chickpea pulao in pressure cooker
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 3 peoples
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups basmati rice; 1 cup black chickpea boiled; 1 tbsp oil; 1 tbsp ghee; 2 inch cinnamon sticks; 5 cloves; 4 green cardamom; 3 bay leaves; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 2 sliced onion; 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1/4 cup chopped coriander, mint leaves; 2 chopped tomatoes; 2 green chilies; 2 tbsp curd; 1 tbsp red chilli powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp garam masala powder; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 4 cup water; 1 tbsp salt

Muniswari.G @muniswari_0205

Chennai

#CA2025 chickpea pulao easy to make one-pot meal, a perfect protein-rich lunch box recipe too. One-pot meals are always super hit at my home. I mostly pack them for lunch box or cook for a lazy Sunday dinner too. #playoff

Muniswari.G @muniswari_0205

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Ingredients

40 minutes

3 peoples

2 cupsbasmati rice
1 cupblack chickpea boiled
1 tbspoil
1 tbspghee
2 inchcinnamon sticks
5cloves
4green cardamom
3bay leaves
1 tspcumin seeds
2sliced onion
1 tbspginger garlic paste
1/4 cupchopped coriander, mint leaves
2chopped tomatoes
2green chilies
2 tbspcurd
1 tbspred chilli powder
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1 tspgaram masala powder
1 tspcumin powder
1 tspcoriander powder
4 cupwater
1 tbspsalt

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Wash and soak 2 cup of basmati rice for 20 minutes in 4 cup water.
Soak brown chickpea for 8 hours and pressure cook them till 5-6 whistles with a little salt. Drain the water and keep aside.
2

Heat a pressure cooker. Add Ghee / Oil. I have used Ghee+oil. Its our choice. When the ghee is hot, add whole garam masalas (bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom,) along with cumin seeds and sauté in ghee.
3

Now, add sliced onions and sauté in ghee till translucent. Then add coriander, mint leaves, ginger garlic paste saute few minutes...
4

Add tomatoes, green chilies saute well... Sauté Onion-tomato mixture for 5 mins. Then add Red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, cumin powder saute few minutes...
5

Once the spices are well roasted, add yogurt and saute it. Add boiled chickpeas and salt and saute it...
6

Add water, rice mix gentle...
7

Finally add 1tbsp chopped coriander, mint leaves... Close the lid... Allow to cook for 2 whistle.....
8

Once the pressure releases open the lid and gently mix the pulao.
9

Black chickpea Pulao is ready. Serve with simple raita or with any gravy.