Chana Dal Pulao Recipe

 Chana Dal Pulao Recipe

Chana Dal Pulao Recipe: A quick and easy recipe made with gram dal, rice and mild spices. If you want to eat something light during summers then this is the perfect recipe.

Ingredients of Chana Dal Pulao

300 Gram Rice

1 cups Chana dal soaked

1 large Onion, sliced

2 tomato puree

2 Green chilli

1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

2 whole red chili

1 tsp Cumin

1 Bay leaf

2 Black Cardamom

2 Cardamom

8-9 Black Pepper

1/2 tsp Turmeric

1/2 tsp coriander powder

to taste Salt

2 tbsp oil

How to Make Chana Dal Pulao

1.First of all, soak the chana dal for 2 hours. This will make the dal soft and cook easily.

2.Heat oil in a pressure cooker and fry all the whole spices, whole red chilies for two minutes and then fry the onions till they turn light golden.

3.Add ginger garlic paste and fry, add tomato puree, coriander powder and turmeric powder and fry well.

4.Now add lentils and rice to it and mix well with spices. Put two glasses of water and cover the cooker.

5.After two whistles turn off the gas and wait for the pressure to release.

6.Open the pressure cooker and take out the chana dal pulao in a serving bowl and serve it with chutney.