Chole Pulao (Chick Peas Pulao)

Recently I had made Pav Bhaji Pulao and that got me thinking. What if I tried something else like it? And that's when I thought of trying out Chole Pulao. Hope you like it.

Ingredients
3/4th Cup rice
1/4th Can garbanzo chick peas
1 Big Tomato finely chopped
1 Big Onion finely chopped
2 Tbsp Oil
Salt to taste
Red Chili Powder to taste
1/2 Tsp Coriander Powder
1/4 Tsp Cumin Powder
1 Tbsp Chole Masala
1/2 Tbsp Ginger Paste
1/2 Tbsp Garlic Paste
1/4 Cup Water

Method
Boil rice separately.

In a pan, heat oil. Add onion and fry till it turns pink. Then add tomatoes, ginger paste and garlic paste. Mix well, cover it and let it cook for 5 minutes. Then add red chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, 3/4 tbsp chole masala and salt and let it simmer. Add chick peas and water and mix well. Cover it and let it simmer till it form a thick gravy.

Add the boiled rice to this chick peas gravy and mix. Add the remaining chole masala, mix it well and cover and cook for 5 minutes.

Serve it and garnish it with chopped cilantro.

Note: If you do not want to use canned chick peas, you can soak raw chick peas for around 8 hours. Instead of making the rice separately, you can then cook the rice and chick peas together in a pressure cooker.

Potato Puff Pastry

This is a recipe which one of my friends shared with me. My husband liked it so much that I had to put it up here.

Ingredients
1 sheet pepperidge farm puff pastry sheet
2 potatoes (boiled)
coriander powder
cumin powder
green chili paste
salt
amchur powder
all purpose flour
water

Method
Thaw the pastry puff sheet using the refrigeration thaw method by wrapping the sheet in an aluminum foil(takes around 4-5 hours and evenly thaws the sheet as compared to any other method of thawing). Preheat oven to 400 deg F. Cut the sheet into 9 squares. Mash potatoes and add the other ingredients except all purpose flour and water. Mix well. Spread some flour on aluminum foil and using a rolling pin, make diamond shape out of the cut squares. Place the potatoe mixture on one half and fold the other half onto it. Stick them using water. Once all the pastries are ready, place them on an ungreased baking sheet and put it in the oven. Bake it for around 10-15 minutes or till the desired bown color is achieved. Serve hot with kethup.

Note: You can make variations like adding peas, or making a sweet stuffing.