Chana Masala Recipe
Chana Masala is a delicious and popular side dish made with chickpeas. Chana Masala is a great accompaniment for chapati, roti, poori and for rice meal. Learn to make Chana Masala with step by step pictures.
Servings3
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup chana
- 1 small sized big onion chopped finely
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 3/4 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala or chana masala powder
- coriander leaves just to garnish
- lemon juice from half a lemon
- 2 and 1/2 cups water in total
- salt to taste
To saute and grind :
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 3 medium sized tomatoes chopped roughly
- 1 medium sized big onion chopped roughly
- 1 inch piece ginger
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
To temper:
- 1.5 tablespoon oil
- 1/2 inch piece cinnamon
- 2 cloves
- 1/2 bay leaf
Instructions
- Soak chana overnight or at least for 8 hours. Pressure cook chana with enough water(say 1.5 cups) for 5 whistles or until soft, Set aside. In a pan heat oil - add onion, tomato, ginger, garlic and sauté till mushy and raw smell of tomatoes leaves. Allow it to cool, then add fennel seeds and pepper corns along with this in a mixer.
- Grind it to a fine paste. Set aside. In a pressure cooker heat oil - add the items under 'to temper' then add onions and fry till golden brown. Then add the tomato onion paste.
- Add the spice powders, mix well. Once the raw smell of masalas leave add chana along with the cooked water to this mixture and pressure cook for 1 whistle in medium flame. Add required salt.
- Once done, open and add more water if the gravy is too thick - I added remaining 1 cup water and allowed it to boil in sim for 5mins.Once oil separates and desired consistency is reached, Garnish with coriander leaves, lemon juice and switch off.
- Serve hot with bhatura / rotis!
Notes
- Adjust water according to the consistency you want the gravy to be.
- Pressure cook chana until soft as in the last stage we are going to cook for just 1 whistle. This way I find the masalas blend very well with chana.
- I don't usually add chana masala powder, always use homemade garam masala powder instead.
- Adding pepper is purely optional, if you don't like the flavor then just skip it.
Nutrition Facts
Chana Masala Recipe
Amount Per Serving (100 g)
Calories 470
Calories from Fat 162
% Daily Value*
Fat 18g28%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Trans Fat 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 4g
Monounsaturated Fat 10g
Sodium 1997mg87%
Potassium 756mg22%
Carbohydrates 67g22%
Fiber 23g96%
Sugar 12g13%
Protein 15g30%
Vitamin A 2330IU47%
Vitamin C 47mg57%
Calcium 224mg22%
Iron 4mg22%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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