Chana Masala

Name: Chana Masala
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gms chana; 2 medium sized onions chopped; 2 green chillies; 1 large tomato chopped; 1.5 teaspoon ginger paste; 1 teaspoon garlic paste; 2 teaspoon red chilli powder; 1 teaspoon turmeric powder; 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 1 bayleaf; 1 teaspoon garam masala powder; 1.5 teaspoon coriander powder; as required Salt as required; as required Sugar as required; as required Vegetable oil

Tanima Sarkhel @cook_11753550

Kolkata

#indiankitchen Relish it as your breakfast with some bhature, in a Sunday morning.

Tanima Sarkhel @cook_11753550

Kolkata

#indiankitchen Relish it as your breakfast with some bhature, in a Sunday morning.

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Ingredients

30min

3 servings

500 gmschana
2medium sized onions chopped
2green chillies
1large tomato chopped
1.5 teaspoonginger paste
1 teaspoongarlic paste
2 teaspoonred chilli powder
1 teaspoonturmeric powder
1 teaspooncumin seeds
1bayleaf
1 teaspoongaram masala powder
1.5 teaspooncoriander powder
as requiredSalt as required
as requiredSugar as required
as requiredVegetable oil

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Steps

30min

1

Soak the chanas overnight.
2

In a pressure cooker add the chanas, half of the onions and green chillies and some water.
3

Boil the chanas till 5-6 whistles.
4

In a wok, heat some oil and add the bay leaf and cumin seeds. Saute it for a while till the aroma comes out.
5

Add the rest of the chopped onions and saute them till brown in colour.
6

Add the chopped tomatoes and some salt.
7

Saute it till the tomato gets soft.
8

Add the ginger paste, garlic paste, red chilli powder and coriander powder.
9

Saute and mix the masalas all together till the oil separates.
10

Add the mixture of the boiled chanas along with the water in which it was boiled.
11

Cover it in a medium flame for 5 mins.
12

Once the gravy becomes thick, add some sugar, garam masala powder and mix them well.
13

Remove it from the flame and serve hot with bhature.