Channa pulav

Channa Pulav is a tasty rice recipe that makes an excelent alternative to regular biriyani.Shallots makes an excellent combination with Channa and gives out an unique aroma.

Serving for 4

Ingredients

Basmathi rice  --1 1/2 cups
Dry Channa -- 1 cup(Soak the channa overnight and pressure cook for 3 whistle with salt) 

Small Onion( chopped)--1 cup and 10 nos for paste
Tomato -- 3 nos
Garlic -- 20nos  ( 10 +10)  
Red chili -- 5 nos  

Greenchili --2 nos
Shredded coconut  -- 5 tsp
Dry methi leaves - 1 tsp
Garam masala -- 1/2 tsp
Corrinder leaves -- Handful(garnish)
Bay leaf   --1 no

Cinnamon -- 1 stick

Cloves --  2 nos

Cardamon --2 nos
Jeera  --3 tsp

Oil   --  3 tsp

Salt  --  1 tsp
Sugar -- apinch

To Grind
Paste1

10 Garlic
Red chili 
Jeera
10 Shallots
Fry with a tsp of oil and grind with coconut

Paste 2
Tomatoes

Method

• Soak the rice for 10 min and  fry them with a tsp of ghee .
• Add oil in  a pan, when hot add cloves cinnamon, cardamon and bay leaves .
• Add chopped small Onions ,garlic , green chili  and grounded paste 1 stir until raw smell disappear.
• Add tomato paste  and allow  to boil.
• Add salt, methi leaves sugar and garam masala alond with channa cook for a while .
• Add basathi rice and pressure cook for flavorful recipe.( rice water ratio 1 : 11/2)
• Serve hot with Raita.