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Today's recipe is Achari Chana Pulao.
Pulao with tangy pickle taste
and kabuli chana.
Prepare this Pulao and
your family members will love it.
So, let's get started.
To make pulao, take 1/2 cup basmati rice.
Rinse and soak them.
Rinse and drain the rice.
once again wash them.
Add enough water to submerge them.
Soak the rice for 20-30 minutes.
Let the rice puff up.
Soaked Kabuli Chana.
We have washed 1/2 cup chana
and soaked them overnight.
They have puffed up well.
Add 1/2 cup water and 1/4 tsp of salt.
Close the cooker lid.
Boil the chana till 1 whistle.
After a whistle
now lower the flame.
We have medium the flame after 1 whistle.
 Boil them for 2 mins over medium heat.
Turn off the flame
 we don't want them to be overcooked.
The cooker's pressure is gone
Chanas are all cooked.
Do not overcook the chana.
They are easy to press.
Chanas are all cooked now.
Take them out in a strainer.
To make pulao, take a pan.
Add 2 tbsp of ghee.
Heat the ghee.
Now we will add pickle masala.
1/4 tsp of fennel seeds.
keep the flame low to
avoid burning masala.
1/4 tsp of fennel seeds
1/4 tsp of mustard seeds
1/4 tsp of cumin seeds
Here are some sabut Masala -
2 bay leaf
1-inch cinnamon
2 crushed cardamom
3 cloves
7-8 black pepper
Roast the masala slightly.
2 red chilli
2 chillies cut them in
half down the length
half inch ginger (grated)
or 1/2 tsp of ginger paste.
Turn of the flame.
Take 1/4 cup beaten curd.
Add pickle Masala in the curd.
Add 1/2 tsp of mustard powder.
add masala in Dahi before
pouring it in the pan.
1/4 tsp of red chilli powder
1/2 tsp of coriander powder
1/4 tsp of turmeric powder
Mix well.
We have turned off the flame.
as I am mixing masala in the
curd and it will take time.
Make sure the oil temperature
is low while pouring the curd.
If you will pour curd in
hot oil will get ruined.
You can add lemon juice instead of curd.
Turn on the stove and
keep the flame medium.
 Cook and mix simultaneously.
Add the boiled chana in the masala.
Mix well.
Take 1 tbsp of mango pickle.
Instead of mango pickle
 you can add Chilli pickle.
Mash the pickle properly.
Add the pickle in the chana.
We soaked the rice for 30 mins.
Drain out the water.
Add rice in the pan.
we added 1/2 cup rice
so add 1 cup water.
Water should be twice more than rice.
Take a cup
and pour the boiled chana water in it.
add more water in the cup
as we need 1 cup water.
pour the water in the pan.
Add 1/2 tsp of salt
we have already added 1/4 tsp of salt
while boiling chana
and 1/2 tsp right now.
Cover the pan and turn the flame high.
Cook for 2-3 mins until there is a boil.
Within 2 mins the water started boiling.
Cover it again and lower the flame.
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[After 10 minutes]
The rice has puffed up well.
Stir the rice.
There is still a little water in the rice.
Then, again cover and cook it on low flame
for 3-4 minutes.
We have cooked the rice for 5 mins.
The rice is fully cooked and puffed up.
our pulao is ready now.
Add green coriander leaves.
Cover and leave it for 10 mins.
After that, we will serve it.
Let's serve the pulao.
Pulao is very aromatic.
The rice looks fluffy and delicious.
We can see every grain of rice.
Achari chana pulao is ready to be served.
Serve raita and papad with rice
everybody will love it.
You shall find no
difficulty while preparing.
But keep 2 things in mind.
Soak the rice for 20-30 mins.
So the rice can get puff up
and easily get cooked.
2nd thing- cook rice on low flame.
You will prepare tasty and fluffy Pulao.
Pickle chana masala pulao is very aromatic.
Prepared pulao will be
enough for 2-3 members.
Prepare and have it.
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