Chana Masala (Chickpea curry) - purely veg
Chana Masala (Chickpea curry) - purely veg

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chana masala (chickpea curry) - purely veg. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

The recipe below results in a beautiful truly. however Chana Masala, the more homely version, is more commonly understood in the UK. Both the words 'Chole' and 'Chana' mean 'Chickpeas', and 'Masala' just means spices - so, 'Spicy Chickpeas'! It's a North Indian recipe with a.

Chana Masala (Chickpea curry) - purely veg is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chana Masala (Chickpea curry) - purely veg is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chana masala (chickpea curry) - purely veg using 21 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chana Masala (Chickpea curry) - purely veg:
  1. Get 3 tbsp oil
  2. Take 2 tbsp butter
  3. Prepare Salt (to taste)
  4. Make ready 1 bay leaf
  5. Get 1 tbsp chana masala
  6. Make ready 1 pinch asafetida
  7. Get 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  8. Get 1 tbsp coriander cumin
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp red chilli powder (as per taste)
  10. Get 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
  11. Get 4 tbsp hot chilli ketchup (as per taste 😁)
  12. Get 1 small bowl chick peas (could be more)
  13. Take 2-3 tomatoes
  14. Get 2 medium sized onions or 1 big onion
  15. Get 1 spring onion - finely chopped
  16. Make ready 2 green chillis (the thin ones - spicy)
  17. Make ready 1 boiled potato (chopped) - optional
  18. Prepare 1 slice ginger - grated
  19. Get 2 cloves garlic - grated
  20. Make ready 1 lemon
  21. Prepare 30 g chopped coriander - for flavor

Find them at international markets, or if you have one nearby, an Indian spice market. Otherwise, it's easy to order any spices you need online. Note: This is just a partial list of ingredients. For the full ingredient list, see the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

Steps to make Chana Masala (Chickpea curry) - purely veg:
  1. Soak a bowl of chick peas or the amount you'd want to cook, overnight, or for at least 8 hours (tip).
  2. Boil chickpeas in a cooker (this would do faster). Add enough water, chickpeas, a pinch of salt, a little bit of turmeric, some few drops of oil. Let the cooker whistle 3-4 times atleast. If you do not have a cooker, just boil them normally on the gas for may be 30 minutes (minimum).
  3. While the chickpeas boil; grind the onions (preferably the red ones but you could take the white ones too) and green chillis. Separately grind the tomatoes. Grate a slice of ginger. Grate 2 cloves of garlic (you can add more depending on your taste). Do all of these separately.
  4. Take a frying pan, add oil and butter as mentioned and let it heat.
  5. Add a pinch of asafetida, add the grated garlic and ginger together with bay leaf and let it fry for some few seconds (1-2 seconds). Do not let it turn brown. You should already be able to smell the garlic
  6. Add the ground onion and chillis together with the chopped spring onions. Fry until the colour of the onion changes slightly.
  7. Add the ground tomatoes (or tomato paste), the chana masala, salt to taste, cumin coriander powder, turmeric, red chilli, the ketchup and hot chilli ketchup and stir. Let it fry on slow or medium heat until the tomatoes appear to be cooked. (For this dish Baadshah's chana masala was used, you can use Everest also or any other make).
  8. Add the chickpeas and water as required (If you end up adding extra water, you can let it boil until some of it evaporates 😜). If you want it dry do not add water, just 4-5 tablespoons. Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves, squeeze half a lemon & mix everything together. Let it boil on medium flame until you notice a thin layer of oil around the corners or the top (in other words, the oil separates from the spices). If you want to add potatoes you can do so in this step. Potato is optional.
  9. Serve in a bowl, garnish with chopped tomatoes, chopped onions and chopped coriander. If you do not want to garnish it, you can serve with a slice of lemon, slices of onions in the side and a green chilli. You can either have rice, naan, chapati, roti, paratha or even bread with it. Enjoy ! 😋

Chana Masala (Chickpeas) Chickpeas are one of my favorite ingredients. They are so versatile and you can do a lot with them - curry them, add to salads, to chats and they can be eaten with rice, bread, "baturas/kulchas/puri's" (different types of fried dough) or plain without any accompaniment (my way). An Indian chickpea stew, Punjabi chana masala is a soaked and boiled chana beans in a tomato-onion based spiced sauce, flecked with chopped coriander leaves. This side dish recipe can be served with hot rotis, parathas and even butter naan. Mixed with rice, though, it becomes a soulful meal whose charms are hard to resist.

So that’s going to wrap this up with this exceptional food chana masala (chickpea curry) - purely veg recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I’m confident you can make this at home. There’s gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to save this page on your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!