Chana Masala

Name: Chana Masala
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tin chickpeas (400 grams); 4 tbsp oil; 1/2 tsp jeera; 2 cardamom; 2 cloves; 1/2 inch cinnamon stick; 1 bay leaf; 5-6 black peppercorns; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 2 tomatoes, finely chopped; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp coriander powder; 1/4 tsp jeera powder; 1/2 tsp Kashmiri chili powder; 1/2 tsp chana masala powder/ Garam masala powder; 1 tsp kasuri methi; as required Few coriander leaves

Monica Rangaswamy @monicacookbook

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Chana Masala needs no introduction. It is one of the most popular and liked Indian dish. It is delicious, flavorful and healthy Indian meal paired with poori, bhatura, roti variety and rice.

This recipe of Chana Masala is easy and quick recipe made using canned chickpeas. When your family craves for Chana Masala and you don’t have much time for soaking and pressure cooking, canned chickpeas comes to rescue. Just open a can of chickpeas and you are good to make a Chana Masala in less than 45 minutes.

Base of the dish is a onion-tomato masala which is made by cooking onion and tomatoes along with ginger-garlic paste. The spices are added to the masala along with canned chickpeas and simmered until done. This recipe uses Indian spices like coriander powder, cumin powder, chili powder, turmeric powder, store bought chana masala powder / Garam masala powder.

Serve this Chana masala for lunch/dinner with rice, jeera rice, roti, poori, chapathi, naan, paratha or bhatura.

#thc #thcweek20

Chana Masala needs no introduction. It is one of the most popular and liked Indian dish. It is delicious, flavorful and healthy Indian meal paired with poori, bhatura, roti variety and rice.

Serve this Chana masala for lunch/dinner with rice, jeera rice, roti, poori, chapathi, naan, paratha or bhatura.

Monica Rangaswamy @monicacookbook

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

#thc #thcweek20

Chana Masala needs no introduction. It is one of the most popular and liked Indian dish. It is delicious, flavorful and healthy Indian meal paired with poori, bhatura, roti variety and rice.

Serve this Chana masala for lunch/dinner with rice, jeera rice, roti, poori, chapathi, naan, paratha or bhatura.

#thc #thcweek20

Chana Masala needs no introduction. It is one of the most popular and liked Indian dish. It is delicious, flavorful and healthy Indian meal paired with poori, bhatura, roti variety and rice.

Serve this Chana masala for lunch/dinner with rice, jeera rice, roti, poori, chapathi, naan, paratha or bhatura.

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Ingredients

45 minutes

4 persons

1 tinchickpeas (400 grams)
4 tbspoil
1/2 tspjeera
2cardamom
2cloves
1/2 inchcinnamon stick
1bay leaf
5-6black peppercorns
1onion, finely chopped
1 tbspginger garlic paste
2tomatoes, finely chopped
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1/2 tspcoriander powder
1/4 tspjeera powder
1/2 tspKashmiri chili powder
1/2 tspchana masala powder/ Garam masala powder
1 tspkasuri methi
as required Few coriander leaves

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Steps

45 minutes

1

In a pan heat oil. Add in whole spices and sauté for 30 seconds. Add in finely chopped onion and sauté until golden. Add in ginger garlic paste and sauté til raw smell goes away.
2

Add in finely chopped tomatoes and cook until tomatoes soften. Add little salt to help tomatoes cook faster. Add in spice powders and sauté until oil oozes out. Add dash of water to nut burn the spice powders.
3

Add in drained and washed chickpeas from the tin. Add enough water and let it cook on medium flame for 10 minutes for the flavors to get infused to chickpeas.
4

Once the gravy thickens and oil oozes out, add in kasuri methi and cook for another 2 minutes until required consistency. Finally garnish with coriander leaves.
5

Instant and Quick Chana Masala is ready to be served.