Chana Masala (Authentic Chick Pea Curry)
Chana Masala is tasty and makes a tasty meal anytime. The flavours of fresh pound spices makes it delicious.
Servings 6 people
Equipment
- pressure cooker
- pan
- perforated ladle
- plain ladle
Ingredients
- 1 cup chana / chick pea
- 2 onion
- 4 tomato
- 1 inch ginger
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- salt
For Chana Masala Powder
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 black cardamom
- 4 clove
- 2 bay leaf
- 1/4 inch cinnamon
Instructions
- Soak chana for 8-10 hours or overnight.
- Pressure cook chana for three whistles with a tea bag in it.
- Cut onion, blanch the tomato
- Dry roast the spices under "For the Chana Masala Powder" for two minutes on a low flame. Keep tossing them.
- Once it cools, grind to a powder.
- Make a puree of tomato, onion, ginger and garlic.
- Take oil in a pan, add cumin. Once it splutters, put tomato puree and saute it.
- After sometime, add turmeric powder, chilly powder, anardana, coriander powder and the spice mix.
- Put a little water and mix thoroughly. Let the flavours amalgamate.
- Add salt and water to it. Adjust the quantity of water as per the desired consistency.
- Once the pressure releases, remove the boiled chana. Mash a few of them.Put the boiled chana and the mashed mixture to it. This gives volume to the gravy.Let boil for sometime.Garnish with fresh coriander. Chana Masala is ready to serve.