Brown Rice Tonight: Make Chickpea And Cumin Pulao

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 1/4 cups brown basmati rice
• 2 tablespoons ghee
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 1 star anise
• 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
• 1 black cardamom pod
• 2 large red onions
• 1 teaspoon each of crushed garlic and grated ginger
• 2 14-ounce cans chickpeas (or 3 cups dried chickpeas
• salt
• 2 green chilies
• 2 tablespoons water