Chana Pulao

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Chickpeas

200g Rice

1  onion  

1 1/2tbsp garam masala

1tsp red chilli powder

1tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 1/2tsp cumin seeds

2 bay leaves

salt

oil

Preparations:

• Soak chickpeas for min 5hrs or overnight.Boil them until soft.Save the water in which chickpeas are boiled.
• slice onion.
• wash and soak rice.

Procedure:

1. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds and bay leaves.
2. As cumin starts spluttering add onion and fry until light brown.
3. Net add ginger garlic paste,garam masala and red chilli powder and fry for few sec.
4. Now add boiled chickpeas along with water and let it boil for 2,3 min.
5. Now add strained rice and mix well and let it be for 2min.
6. Add 2 measures of water to 1 measure of rice close the pan with lid and let it cook on medium flame.
7. When it is half cooked keep the flame on low and cook until it is done completely.
8. Turn of the flame and serve after few minutes with any vegetable masala curry like Potato Masala Curry or nonveg curry and Raitha.