Channa Masala (Indian chickpea with gravvy)

Jake
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A regularly made dish at home. Its very delicious and finger licking good. If you are an Indian cuisine lover, then this is for you. Enjoy!!!!

Channa Masala (Indian chickpea with gravvy)

A regularly made dish at home. Its very delicious and finger licking good. If you are an Indian cuisine lover, then this is for you. Enjoy!!!!

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Ingredients

1 hour
3 servings
  1. 1 cupWhite chickpeas
  2. 1 tspginger paste
  3. 1 largebay leaf or a stig of curry leaves
  4. 1/4 cupTomato puree, try to use fresh
  5. 1 tspTurmeric powder
  6. 1 tspgaram masala powder
  7. 1 tspcumin powder
  8. 1 tspcoriander powder
  9. 1/2 tspred chilli powder
  10. 1/4 tsppepper
  11. 1 tbspLemon juice
  12. 1green chilly or jalepeno chopped
  13. 1 tbspoil
  14. 1Salt to taste (i use a little more than 1tsp)
  15. 1/2 cupWater for gravvy. You can also use coconut milk

Cooking Instructions

1 hour
  1. 1

    soak chickpeas overnight in water

  2. 2

    Pressure cook the chickpeas until soft for a couple of whistles

  3. 3

    Heat oil in a saucepan, add ginger and bay leaf or curry leaves and saute for few seconds. Then add tomato puree, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilly powder, garam masala n pepper and saute till tomatoes are cooked and soft.

  4. 4

    To this add cooked chickpeas, salt and water (or coconut milk) and stir. Simmer for 20-25 minutes, stirring occassionally. Dont let it dry up, let there be some gravvy..

  5. 5

    Turn off heat and transfer to a serving plate. Add lemon juice and chillies/ jalapenos.

  6. 6

    you can also garnish with chopped corriander leaves before serving.

  7. 7

    Goes well with all kind of breads esp indian breads like Naan, batura (fried bread) etc or even rice

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Comments (3)

shaju.chacko
shaju.chacko @cook_3824048
nutritious and lip smacking recipe. Tip: To make the gravy more dense, take an handful of those boiled chickpeas, grind it coarsely in a grinder and add it back to the main dish.

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