Chickpea Rice Pulao with Pulao/Biryani Masala. Easy 1 Pot meal w/ chickpeas, basmati rice and vegetables. Vegan Gluten-free Soy-free Nut-free One Pot Recipe. Can be made oil-free.

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Easy Chickpea Rice Pulao with Home made pulao/biryani Masala! Make your own pulao masala (spice blend) or use store bought. Veggies, chickpeas and basmati rice make this a fabulous one pot meal. The fresh home made masala is so much more fragrant.

Pulao and Biryani are essentially one pot meals made with grains such as rice and protein + veggies, lots of herbs, spices. Pulao, pulav or Pilaf generally has the protein cooked in spices or sauce, and then the grains are added with broth or water, cooked together to finish the dish. Biryani is a layered meal where most of the components are cooked separately to al-dente, then layered, spiced, herbed, slow cooked and served. Biryani can have other regional recipes as well, where everything is cooked in one pot.

Often the recipes call for whole spices or a collection of spices depending on the region. That increases the ingredient list and adds extra time needed to fetch the ingredients and cook them in the first few steps of the recipe. To shorten that time, the spices can be roasted and ground and stored, to use in any grain + protein one pot meal. Use the recipe from this post or pick up the Biryani/Pulao Masala spice blend from an Indian store! Serve with non dairy yogurt or raita, pickle or mango/mango salsa. Find out how to make your own yogurt or raita (spiced yogurt cucumber salad) in my cookbook !

You can also use garam masala of course. The coriander seeds, peppercorns and fennel seeds give the pulao masala an amazing flavor that works beautifully in rice/grain dishes. The recipe looks long because of the spice blend recipe with it. Read through it once!





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