Wadi Chawal Recipe (Punjabi Wadi Pulao)
Wadi Chawal (Wadi Pulao) is a Punjabi-style pulao prepared with rice, urad dal wadi, and spices. It uses simple ingredients and comes together quickly. Here is how to make it.
Servings: 8 people
Ingredients
- 2 cups long grain Basmati rice
- 3-4 urad dal wadi broken into bite sized pieces
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 inch piece of cinnamon stick
- 2-3 green cardamoms
- ½ cup thinly sliced onions
- 2 green chilies slit into halves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- 2 teaspoons lime juice
Instructions
- Wash the rice and soak it in enough water for 20 minutes.
- Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.
- Once the oil is hot, fry the wadi until they are browned. Drain and keep aside.
- Add ghee to the same pan and heat over medium-high heat.
- Once the ghee is hot, add bay leaves, cinnamon, and cardamoms, and fry for 3-4 seconds.
- Add onions and cook until they turn golden brown.
- Drain the rice and add it to the pan with green chilies, salt, garam masala, lime juice, fried wadi, and 4 cups of water.
- Stir gently.
- Reduce the heat to low.
- Cover the pan with a lid and cook undisturbed until all the liquid is absorbed and the rice is cooked (20-25 minutes).
- Remove the pan from heat and let the rice rest for 5 minutes.
- Fluff the wadi pulao with a fork. Serve hot.
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Nutrition
Calories: 226kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 331mg | Potassium: 75mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 0.5mg
