Chak Angouba is the Manipuri Style of Vegetable Pulao that uses mixed vegetables and simple spices.
This Veg Pulao is their staple food and prefers to use black rice than normal white rice. Chak Angouba uses herbs like Chives, though you can use spring onions to substitute.
If you are going to use the regular normal white rice, this pulao will turn out to be the regular pulao or fried rice we make, you can find the difference only if you use black rice. I previously once got a packet of black rice and never used it at all. I had to trash it finally.
So this time when I decided that I will source the black rice for this, I wanted to make sure I use it up all. I also happen to talk to Vaishali about this when she asked if I wanted something. She said she has some and I need not get.
Since I was also planning for other dishes to be cooked around this time, I asked her to get me only three fourth of the cup and knew more than this, the rice won't’ be used. I made this for Konda’s lunch box. One thing I didn't expect was for the rice to be so sticky. Since this was the first time I cooking this rice, I boiled it separately and then prepared this as fried rice fashion.
This pulao was an interesting one, in terms of us not having ever tasted something like this. I would surely say the rice was best suited for desserts as I also ended up making a pudding. We didn’t like it much as a spicy pulao, though the dessert was yummy. I am sure it’s an acquired taste. When I think about it, I don’t remember how exactly I landed with this recipe, I then had searched on the internet and read through all the sites that had this recipe. I simply combined all the steps to make a fried rice sort of dish.
Chak Angouba is my choice for C in the AtoZ Biryani/Pulao/Khichdi Festival that's happening for the April Mega Marathon, where I have opted to make 26 Rice dishes. If you are interested to know what I am doing for C in C4AS, go ahead check it out!
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Step By Step Pictures for making Chak Angouba
Chak Angouba | Manipuri Vegetable Pulao
Ingredients Needed:
1/2 cup Black Rice
Handful Carrots finely grated as long
Handful Beans finely chopped
1/4 cup Onion
2 to 3 Spring Onions Sprigs
1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
2 no Green Chilli
A Pinch Turmeric Powder
1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
Salt to taste
1 tsp Cooking Oil
Wash and soak the black rice for 30 minutes. Take twice the amount of water and pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistles depending on how well it gets cooked. Let the pressure fall down.
Meanwhile prep the vegetables and keep it ready.
Heat a nonstick pan with oil, add the cumin seeds, then spring onion, all the vegetables, saute well.
Sprinkle a few drops of water and add the salt, coriander powder, simmer till the vegetables get cooked a bit. We still want the vegetables to be crunchy.
Now add the cooked rice and combine well.
Make sure the rice is cooled down and doesn’t clamp up.
Chak Angouba | Manipuri Vegetable Pulao
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Black Rice
- Handful Carrots finely grated as long
- Handful Beans finely chopped
- 1/4 cup Onion
- 2 to 3 Sprigs Spring Onions
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
- 2 no Green Chilli
- A Pinch Turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp Coriander powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Cooking Oil
Instructions
- Wash and soak the black rice for 30 minutes. Take twice the amount of water and pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistles depending on how well it gets cooked. Let the pressure fall down.
- Meanwhile prep the vegetables and keep it ready.
- Heat a nonstick pan with oil, add the cumin seeds, then spring onion, all the vegetables, saute well.
- Sprinkle few drops of water and add the salt, coriander powder, simmer till the vegetables get cooked a bit. We still want the vegetables to be crunchy.
- Now add the cooked rice and combine well.
- Make sure the rice is cooled down and doesn’t clamp up.
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Suma Gandlur says
Guess I didn't pay this much attention and did the research to stick to the Indian names for the recipes. 🙂 I haven't cooked with black rice so far and so cannot guess the flavor of this dish. However it sounds unique and colorful with vegetables.
vaishalisabnani says
Valli , I am a impulse shopper when it comes to unique foods , so normally stock loads . I am glad you used the rice , even though I still have to cook them .
I hope Konda liked them , I love the look of rice and the colours look absolutely stunning !
Sharmila Kingsly says
That is really a good idea.. Apart form a kheer and a chettinad sweet i never thought of any other recipes using black Rice...
gayathriraani says
Is this the same rice we use for the chettinad dessert? I guess it is called sticky rice. Even I made chak angouba, but with normal rice. This version looks so interesting.
Sowmya:) says
Wow! That looks lovely Valli. I have never tried cooking with black rice. This looks like a very interesting dish to make
harini says
Wow! That is an adventurous one, Valli. Glad you were able to find authentic recipe from Manipur. Interesting pulao.
Sushma Pinjala says
Wow pulao looks yummy. How does this rice taste valli?
srividhya says
I haven't tried black rice as well. Somehow all sticky rice are great for dessert than fried rice. I think jasmine rice is the exception. Between this is a great find from Manipur.
Pavani says
Wow, this looks very yummy and flavourful! I have never tried cooking with black rice before! Thank you for sharing!
Preeti says
I never tried black rice.. but you find really hidden recipes and authentic.. love it.
Renu Agrawal Dongre says
I have bought black rice too for this Marathon, and still not used it. Though I have shortlisted chak angouba, hopefully will do .Thanks for the description of the texture and taste of black rice, I will keep that in mind, when I make it.
Kalyani says
I have black rice and add it to adai regularly or even make idli with the broken rice. This pulao sounds fantastic..
FoodTrails says
I have a pack of black rice in my pantry and I still have to try it.Your tips and the details will be helpful when I make it.The recipes sounds delicious!!