Kala chana pulao, black chana 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. Some 15 years back, i used to make chana pulao for my daughter, who is a huge fan of white kabuli chana. Those were the days when i have no access to the internet or cookbooks. Recently i tried this Kala chana pulao | black chana pulao and it became a super hit at home. I usually have frozen legumes at home. So i made it again to make a detailed video and step by step pictures on how to make Kala chana pulao .
If you are looking for some easy pulao recipes or easy lunch box recipes then this is a must-try one. Check out the notes section to see some minor variations. Also in the entire video and post, i have given lots of tips and tricks to cook a perfect pulao.
Check out some easy pulao recipes from Jeyashris kitchen – Methi matar pulao , chutney pulao , rajma pulao , corn methi pulao and many more.
Kala chana pulao recipe
- Wash and soak ½ cup of basmati rice for 20 minutes in ¾ cup water.
- Soak kala chana for 8 hours and pressure cook them till 5-6 whistles with a little salt.
- Drain the water and keep aside.
- Check out the idea of frozen legumes , you can make pulao anytime you wish
- Grind coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chili, garlic cloves and ginger into a paste.
- Do not add water while grinding.
- Thinly slice the onion and finely chop the tomatoes.
- In a pressure cooker add oil and ghee.
- Add onions and saute it.
- Add a little salt to this while cooking the onions. This will ensure even cooking of the onions.
- Cook till it becomes translucent.
- Now we can add the chopped tomatoes.
- Alternatively, you can puree them and add too.
- Now we are adding the ground green paste.
- Now we can add the chopped tomatoes.
- Alternatively, you can puree them and add too.
- Now we are adding the ground green paste.
- Mix well and add red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt, and garam masala.
- Put the cooked kala chana also to this.
- Cook this well for 3 minutes.
- Add the soaked basmati rice along with water.
- Check for salt.
- Cover the cooker and cook till one whistle. Then simmer the flame to the lowest and cook for 7 minutes.
- Switch off the flame.
- Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker and mix it gently.
Kala chana pulao recipe
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Basmati rice
- 1/4 cup Kala chana | black chana
- 1 Onion
- 1 Tomato
- 1 tblsp Oil
- 1 tsp Ghee
- Salt as needed
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Red chili powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala
- To grind
- Mint leaves few
- Coriander leaves few
- 1 Green chili
- 3 cloves Garlic
- Ginger a small piece
Instructions
- Wash and soak ½ cup of basmati rice for 20 minutes in ¾ cup water.
- Soak kala chana for 8 hours and pressure cook them till 5-6 whistles with a little salt.
- Drain the water and keep aside.
- Check out the idea of frozen legumes, you can make pulao anytime you wish.
- Grind coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chili, garlic cloves, and ginger into a paste.
- Do not add water while grinding.
- Thinly slice the onion and finely chop the tomatoes.
- In a pressure cooker add oil and ghee.
- Add onions and saute it.
- Add a little salt to this while cooking the onions. This will ensure even cooking of the onions.
- Cook till it becomes translucent.
- Now we can add the chopped tomatoes.
- Alternatively, you can puree them and add too.
- Now we are adding the ground green paste.
- Mix well and add red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt, and garam masala.
- Put the cooked kala chana also to this.
- Cook this well for 3 minutes.
- Add the soaked basmati rice along with water.
- Check for salt.
- Cover the cooker and cook till one whistle. Then simmer the flame to the lowest and cook for 7 minutes.
- Switch off the flame.
- Once the pressure subsides, open the cooker and mix it gently.
- You can serve this with onion raita or pack this for lunch box too.
