Chickpea Rice Recipe | Easy Vegetarian and Vegan Meals | Rice Recipes

Chickpea Rice Recipe | Easy Vegetarian and Vegan Meals | Rice Recipes. This easy almost one pot chickpea fried rice recipe is perfect for vegan and vegetarian meals. A delicious rice recipe made with chickpeas, basmati rice and Indian spices is not only easy to make but is a great way to add garbanzo beans to your diet. A high protein and healthy vegetarian rice recipe with chickpeas makes a healthy vegetarian meal. This delicious high protein chickpea recipe / fried rice recipe is a great way to add protein to your rice in a plant based diet. Healthy chickpea recipes / rice recipes for you vegan, vegetarian meals and plant based diet. Check out my other vegetarian and vegan recipes!

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▶️ CHICKPEA RICE RECIPE INGREDIENTS: (3 servings approx.)

To cook rice:
1 cup / 200g WHITE BASMATI RICE
1+1/4 cup / 300ml Water
✅ 👉 COOK THE RICE IN A WIDER PAN, this will prevent the rice from getting soggy.

OTHER INGREDIENTS:
3 to 4 Tablespoon Cooking Oil (I have used light olive oil)
1/2 Teaspoon whole cumin seeds
2 Bay leaves
275g / 2 cups Onions – finely chopped
2 Tablespoon / 25g Garlic – finely chopped
1 Tablespoon / 10g Ginger – finely chopped
2 cups / 1 can Cooked Chickpeas (liquid drained/strained)
2 Teaspoon Ground Coriander
1/2 Teaspoon Freshly Ground black pepper
1 Teaspoon Garam Masala
1/4 to 1/2 Teaspoon cayenne pepper or Indian chili powder
1 Teaspoon Kasuri Methi (Dried Fenugreek Leaves) – There is no replacement for this
Salt to taste (I have added total 1 teaspoon of salt)
1/4 cup / 60ml Water or as required

1/4 Cup / 10g Cilantro (Coriander leaves) – chopped
1/2 to 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice to taste (I added 1 tablespoon lemon juice but you do you)

▶️ METHOD:

To cook the rice:
Thoroughly wash the rice a few times until the water runs clear. This will get rid of any impurities/gunk and will give a much better/clean taste. Then soak the rice in water for about 30 minutes. Once soaked strain the rice and transfer it to a WIDE PAN and add water. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat and cook it for about 10 minutes or until the rice is cooked but not mushy. DONOT OVER COOK THE RICE, WE DON’T WANT MUSHY RICE. Uncover and fluff the rice with a fork. Then set it aside UNCOVERED for it to cool down.

Now heat a pan and add 3 to 4 tablespoons of cooking oil. Once the oil is heated, reduce the stove heat to low and then add the cumin seeds and bay leaves. (Reducing the heat will prevent the seeds from burning). CAREFUL NOT TO BURN THE CUMIN SEEDS.

Now add the chopped onion, 1/4 teaspoon salt and turn the heat to medium. Fry while switching between medium and medium-high heat until the onions are browned, about 8 to 9 minutes. Then add the finely chopped garlic and ginger. Fry on medium heat for another 2 to 3 minutes or until fragrant. Once the ginger and garlic is fried and fragrant add the cooked/strained chickpeas, spice mix (ground coriander, black pepper, cayenne pepper, garam masala, Kasuri methi) and salt to taste. Fry on medium heat for about 3 minutes. Then add 1/4 cup of water or as required and mix well. THEN REDUCE THE HEAT TO LOW.

Wash your hand and with wet hands break any lumps in the rice VERY GENTLY. Wet hand will prevent the rice from sticking to your hand. THE RICE GRAINS ARE SOFT SO CAREFUL NOT TO BREAK THE RICE GRAINS. Add the rice to the pan and fry for about 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the heat and then garnish with lemon juice, cilantro (coriander) leaves. Mix well. Cover the lid of the pan and allow the rice to rest for 3 to 4 minutes before serving – for the flavours to blend.

▶️ IMPORTANT TIPS:

👉 Thoroughly wash the rice until water runs clear, this will get rid of any impurities/gunk and will give a much better/clean taste

👉 Use a Wider Cooking Pan to make this dish. This will cook the rice evenly and prevent it from getting mushy

👉 Adding salt to onion will release it’s moisture and will help it cooks faster, so please don’t skip this step

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