Chana dal pulao recipe | easy one pot pressure cooker chana dal pulao recipe – With full video and step by step pictures.
One-pot meal | one-pot pulao is always a super hit in my home. It is very easy to pack for a lunch box and also a perfect one dinner too. I have posted a lot of pressure cooker one pot pulao recipes in Jeyashris kitchen.
Chana dal pulao is a protein-rich pulao. We South Indians usually add chana dal in masal vadai, adai, and paruppu usili. I have been thinking to try this chana dal pulao for a long time. In this recipe, I have soaked chana dal overnight. But you can soak this in very hot water for 2 hours and then proceed with the recipe.
A simple veg curry or raita pairs very well with this chana dal pulao recipe.
You can also check out our easy one-pot meal recipes, Paneer pulao, kala chana pulao, Curry leaves pulao, chutney pulao.
Chana dal pulao recipe
Chana dal pulao recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- ½ cup chana dal
- ½ tsp garam masala
- 1 big onion
- Salt as needed
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp ghee
- 1.5 cups of water
To grind
- 4 cloves garlic
- A small piece ginger
- Little coriander leaves
- 2 green chili
Instructions
- Wash and oak the chana dal overnight. If you don’t have time, soak it in very hot water for 2 hours.
- Wash and soak the basmati rice in 1.5 cups of water for 20 minutes.
- Grind the coriander leaves, ginger, garlic and green chili into a paste without adding water to it.
- In a pressure cooker add oil and ghee.
- Now add in the chopped onions to this.
- Saute this till translucent. You can add little salt while cooking the onions.
- Now add the ground coriander chili paste to this.
- Cook for a minute.
- Drain the water from the soaked chana dal and add to this.
- Saute for few seconds.
- Now add the soaked rice along with water, turmeric powder, garam masala and salt.
- Mix well.
- Cover the lid and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
- Keep it in a low flame for 5 minutes and switch off the stove.
- Once the pressure is released, open the cooker.
- Gently stir from the sides without breaking the rice.
- Chana dal pulao is ready to serve.
- Serve hot with any raita or a veg curry.
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Notes
2. You can soak the chana dal, drain the water and put this in a ziplock and keep it inside the freezer.
3. Whenever you want you can just take out and make this chana dal pulao.
How to make chana dal pulao
- Wash and oak the chana dal overnight. If you don’t have time, soak it in very hot water for 2 hours.
- Wash and soak the basmati rice in 1.5 cups of water for 20 minutes.
- Grind the coriander leaves, ginger, garlic and green chili into a paste without adding water to it.
- In a pressure cooker add oil and ghee.
- Now add in the chopped onions to this.
- Saute this till translucent. You can add little salt while cooking the onions.
- Now add the ground coriander chili paste to this.
- Cook for a minute.
- Drain the water from the soaked chana dal and add to this.
- Saute for few seconds.
- Now add the soaked rice along with water, turmeric powder, garam masala and salt.
- Mix well.
- Cover the lid and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
- Keep it in a low flame for 5 minutes and switch off the stove.
- Once the pressure is released, open the cooker.
- Gently stir from the sides without breaking the rice.
- Chana dal pulao is ready to serve.
- Serve hot with any raita or a veg curry.
- You can add whole garam masala while adding the onions. In that case skip the garam masal powder.
- You can soak the chana dal, drain the water and put this in a ziplock and keep it inside the freezer.
- Whenever you want you can just take out and make this chana dal pulao.
