Name: North Indian Style Chana Masala
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups Chickpea (Kabulikadala); 2 nos Ripe and juicy tomatoes (finely chopped); 2 nos Onion (finely chopped lengthwise); Peanut oil or ghee (As reqd); 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam); 1 tbsp Chana masala powder (you can use bhadshah chana masala powder); 1 tsp Red chilly powder; Salt (As reqd); ¼ tsp Turmeric powder; Coriander leaves and lime juice for garnishing

North Indian Style Chana Masala

Chole(Chickpeas) curry - good combination for pooris

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Prep Time 30 mins

Total Time 30 mins

Cuisine North Indian

Servings people

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Chickpea Kabulikadala
2 nos Ripe and juicy tomatoes finely chopped
2 nos Onion finely chopped lengthwise
Peanut oil or ghee As reqd
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
1 tbsp Chana masala powder you can use bhadshah chana masala powder
1 tsp Red chilly powder
Salt As reqd
¼ tsp Turmeric powder
Coriander leaves and lime juice for garnishing

Instructions

Soak chickpeas in water overnight or atleast for 6 hours.
Take them in a pressure cooker, add salt, one teabag(optional) and water and pressure cook them until they are just tender or upto 1 whistle.
:- Take care not to overcook.
Drain the water and separate 2 tbsp of cooked chickpeas.
Blend this into into a thick, smooth paste with little water.
Heat 1 tsp of peanut oil or ghee in a large pot over medium heat.
Splutter mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
Add onion and cook until translucent.
Add the tomatoes and cook on high heat, until the tomatoes soften and turn mushy, stirring in between.
To this add tomato sauce, cooked chickpeas, pureed chickpea paste, chana masala powder, salt, red chilly powder, turmeric powder and 1 glass of water. Stir to combine.
Raise the heat and bring this mixture to a boil.
Reduce the heat and simmer, partially covered for about 20 mins or until slightly thickened.
:- Taste and adjust the seasoning.
Add finely chopped fresh coriander leaves and lime juice.

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Response (6)

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Navya October 30, 2012

Chana massala is available in market. This has come out really well.

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Fats May 24, 2006

sounds good… but can chandana pls tell me hw to prepare this Chana masala powder…

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Prince March 21, 2007

hey vry nice recipe……Really nice… I added little sambhar masala too..It came bit spicy…. made it more tasty…thnx….

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rani May 3, 2006

I think its really delicious. all in my family loved this thank q chandana


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Garth Rhythmic August 16, 2021

your instructions say to separate 1 cup of chic peas but this could be confusing as your page allows you to scale the quantity of chic peas being used. How many cups of chic peas does this assume you are using?

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  aley kurian August 16, 2021
  
  Yes thanks for feedback. Plz check the page again, it is cleared. I have changed the quantity of chickpeas.

North Indian Style Chana Masala