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

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chana masala (chickpea curry) - purely veg. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Channa Masala is an Indian style curry made with Chickpeas/Garbanzo beans. It's a great option for vegetarian/vegan source of protein. Chana masala recipe - Learn how to make chana masala in restaurant style. Goes well with naan, roti or variety rice.

Chana Masala (Chickpea curry) - purely veg is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Chana Masala (Chickpea curry) - purely veg is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

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

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

Chickpea spinach curry is tastier and healthier than any take-away, at a fraction of the price, and is also impressive enough to serve if. "Chana" means chickpea and "masala" refers to a blend of spices used in Indian cooking. It's a popular dish throughout India and Pakistan, with recipes varying by The result is a thick, stew-like curry that's extremely flavorful, easy to make, not overly spicy, and the perfect hearty plant-based meal. This Punjabi Chana Masala or Chole Masala is an authentic North Indian style Chickpea Curry made with white chickpeas, freshly powdered spices, onions, tomatoes and herbs. Chana masala is a naturally vegan recipe with added health benefits of the chickpeas which are packed full of protein.

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 ! 😋

This Punjabi Chana Masala or Chole Masala is an authentic North Indian style Chickpea Curry made with white chickpeas, freshly powdered spices, onions, tomatoes and herbs. Chana masala is a naturally vegan recipe with added health benefits of the chickpeas which are packed full of protein. Chana Masala, also known as Chole (pronounced Cho-lay) is a dish where chickpeas are cooked in a spicy, flavorful onion-tomato gravy. When I was younger, I would beg my parents to pick me up some chole bhature (which means chickpea curry and fried doughy bread) from a nearby casual Indian. And this Chana Aloo Curry (Chana = chickpeas, Aloo = potatoes), is one such example.

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