Chickpeas Masala Rice

Ingredients

ChickPeas 1 Cup ( you can use canned chickpeas also)
Rice 1 1/2 Cups
Carrot 1
Onion 1
Peas 1/4 Cup
Turmeric a pinch
2 Cups coconut milk and 1 cup water ( you can just use water/ vegetable stock)
Salt To taste

For Grinding
Oil 1/2 tsp
Coriander Seeds 2  tsp
Channa dal 1 tsp
Red Chilli 1 or to taste

For Seasoning
Oil / Butter 1 tsp
Bay Leaf 1
Cardamom 1
Cinnamon Stick  1
Cloves 2
Fennel Seeds 1 tsp
Curry Leaves few
Green Chillies 2

Method
Soak  Chickpeas overnight and pressure cook it till it is soft allowing it for 5-6 whistles, or till done.

We can also use canned and boiled chick  peas which will definitely make our effort less.

Finely chop the onions &  carrot. Slit the green chillies.

Soak the rice in water for 20 minutes.

Heat a pan and add oil. Add the grinding ingredients and fry till the dal turns golden brown color.

Remove the fried ingredients, cool and  grind it to a nice powder

Heat a pan and add butter or cooking oil and add the seasoning ingredients and fry for a minute.

Then add Chopped onions along with a pinch of salt and saute them till they become transparent.

Meanwhile, drain the water from the soaked rice and keep it ready.

Then add chopped carrots along with turmeric, and toss them and stir fry them in medium flame for 5 minutes.

Now we need to add the ground masala and fry them for a minute

Add the cooked chick peas and green peas and stir fry for a minute.

Then add the rice and stir fry it for another 2 minutes

Now we need to cook them all by adding coconut milk+water.

The ratio of rice and water is 1:2.

I personally like the flavor of rice cooked with coconut milk.

But if you don't want you can add just 3 cups of plain water.

Keep the flame high and cook the rice and vegetables.

When 3/4th of the water is absorbed, we can add salt and mix once

When the water is absorbed, cover the pan  and cook for another 20 minutes in a low flame.

By the time, the rice would have cooked completely and would have become fluffy without sticking and becoming mushy.

We don't need to stir and mix the rice very frequently while cooking as it would make the breakdown the cooked rice and eventually make it mushy.

 Switch off the flame.  Serve hot with vegetable raita and roasted papad to make a complete meal.






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