Brown Rice Chana Pulao - Instant Pot Brown Rice Chickpea
This recipe is very easy to make. Its a one pot delicious meal.
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried whole chickpeas (soaked overnight in 2.5 cups water)
- 1 cup brown basmati rice
- 2 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)
- 1 dried bay leaf (tej patta)
- 1 star anise
- 3 whole cloves (laung)
- 1 cinnamon stick (2 inch piece of dalchini)
- 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
- 1 onion (red) (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste (either freshly minced or bottled)
- 1 tomato (finely chopped)
- 1/2 tsp ground turmeric (haldi)
- 1 tsp kashmiri chili powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp mango powder (amchur/amchoor powder)
- 3/4 tsp ground coriander (dhaniya powder)
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin (jeera powder)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1.5 cups water (for cooking)
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro (finely chopped) (dhaniya ke patte)
- 1 tsp lemon juice (freshly squeezed or bottled)
Instructions
Prep
- Chop the onions, tomatoes, and cilantro.
- Rinse the rice a few times and drain it out in a colander. Drain out the water used to soak the chickpea.
Cook
- Select sauté on the instant pot and adjust to normal.
- Add ghee to the pot. When the ghee is hot, add bay leaf, stair anise, cloves, cinnamon stick, and cumin seeds.
- When the cumin seeds begin to splutter in about 30 seconds add onions and ginger garlic paste. Keep stirring.
- When the onions turn golden in about 2 to 4 minutes add tomatoes. Stir for 30 seconds.
- Then add: ground turmeric, Kashmiri chili powder, garam masala, dry mango powder, ground coriander, ground cumin, salt, and Serrano pepper. Stir well.
- Add chickpea, rice, and 1.5 cups water. Stir well.
- Press cancel. Secure the lid on the pot. Select manual and cook at high pressure for 22 minutes. When cooking is complete, use natural pressure release to depressurize.
- Finally, add cilantro, and lemon juice. Fluff with a fork. Discard the bay leaf. Serve hot with pickle.
Notes
On a scale of 1 to 5, I would place this dish at 2.5 in terms of spice levels. If you like it to be more spicy add an additional 1 to 2 Serrano peppers.