{"id":110,"date":"2014-11-29T12:41:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T12:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/?p=110"},"modified":"2015-03-20T13:55:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T13:55:24","slug":"kala-chana-pulao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashwita.com\/food\/kala-chana-pulao\/","title":{"rendered":"Kala Chana Pulao"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kala Chana Pulao<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are two kinds of cooks. Those who plan ahead, and those who open the refrigerator when they are hungry and wonder what they should make. I belong to the second category. I have, believe it or not, had to train myself to plan ahead, because as a result of my nature, I ended up never getting to make\u00a0things like idly, or anything that needed planning.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this dish came about as a result of exactly that lack of planning. I was visiting my sister, it was a lazy afternoon and suddenly we realized that we didn’t have a plan. It turned out that there was some soaked\u00a0kala chana<\/em>. And rice. I was too lazy to make kadala curry AND rice. So I just threw everything into one pot. We liked the result so much that I had to note the recipe down and email it to everyone \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Serves 2
\nTime: 30 min<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/h4>\n

1 cup kala chana<\/span>
\n1 cup rice
\n1 cup chopped vegetables – baby corn, potato, carrot
\n\u00bd cup chopped onion
\n1 tsp chopped green chili
\n1 tsp chopped ginger
\n1 tsp chopped garlic
\n\u00bd\u00a0tsp haldi\/\u00a0<\/em>turmeric powder
\n\u00bc tsp chili powder
\n\u00bd tsp\u00a0dhania\/\u00a0<\/em> coriander powder
\n2 sprigs curry leaves
\n\u00bd tsp mustard seeds
\n\u00bc cup fresh coconut, grated
\n2 tbsp coriander leaves
\n1 tbsp coconut oil or ghee<\/p>\n

Method:<\/h4>\n

Soak overnight, and pressure cook kala chana<\/span>\u00a0in 2-3 cups water for 10 min.<\/p>\n

Drain and reserve the water.<\/p>\n

In a pressure cooker, heat oil or ghee, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, chopped ginger and garlic, and green chili. Add onion.<\/p>\n

Add the vegetables and chana and cook for a couple of min, then add the rice. Add 2 cups water (can use the water in which the chana<\/span> was cooking), salt, haldi, chili and coriander powder. Pressure cook for 5 min.<\/p>\n

When done, add grated\u00a0coconut and chopped coriander leaves. Yummy pulao<\/span> is ready!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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