Take a pan and add some ghee and oil, When it gets hot, add mustard seeds and when they crackle, add fennel seeds, kalonji, cumin, fenugreek seeds and fry till you get a nice aroma.
Add sliced onions and saute the onions are transparent, then add green chillies, asafoetida and ginger garlic paste, cook well until the raw flavours are gone.Add chick peas or garbanzo beans and cook in this masala.
In a separate bowl take curd, add mustard powder, coriander powder, chilli powder, pickle masala, garam masala, salt and mix well. Mix this curd spice into the chanamasala and mix well. Cook till oil starts coming out.
Add the soaked basmati rice (soak rice for at least 30 minutes and drain the water off). Spread the rice evenly over the chanamasala, don't mix (just place the rice on the masala).
Pour water slowly over the rice and check for salt, sprinkle coriander leaves Cover the pan with a lid and cook over slow flame till the rice is cooked and done. Once done then mix well. Now Achari Chana Pulao is ready to eat. Enjoy with Raita.
