Nothing can beat the combo of channa/chole masala with rotis. I luv it with pooris too 🙂 I have already jotted down black channa gravy with coconut so here is my no coconut version which we make with white channa and its our family favourite too.
Chana Masala Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 8 hrs | Cooking Time : 30 mins | Serves : 3
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Channa – 1 cup
Onion – 1/2 small chopped finely
Tomato – 1/2 small chopped finely
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
Channa Masala powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt – as required
Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp
Lemon Juice – 1 tsp
Oil – 1 tbsp
To saute and grind:
Tomato – 2 big sized
Onion – 1 big sized
Cloves – 1/4 inch piece
Cinnamom – 1
Fennel(Sombu) – 1 tsp
Boiled channa – 2 tbsp [No need to saute]
Method:
- Soak channa overnight and pressure cook until soft,with enough water just allowing channa to immerse. Keep aside.Heat a wide bottomed pan with 1/2 tsp of oil, Add the ingredients under ‘to grind’ except boiled channa and saute until tomatoes are slighty mushy and raw smell leaves.
- Cool down , transfer to mixer add boiled chana and grind it to a thick paste and keep aside.Now in the pressure cooker add remaining oil, add ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell leaves. Now add the onion and fry till transparent.Add the chopped tomatoes,onion and salt. Saute till raw smell leaves.
- Add masala paste along with red chilli, turmeric and channa masala powders, mix well. Saute and mix well till the masala powders are nicely coated with tomato and onion.Add cooked chana water and let it boil for 3-5mins under sim.
- Add cooked chana and mix well.When the gravy is thick enough or to ur desired consistency, switch off. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves, raw onion and lemon juice.
Enjoy it with hot rotis or bhaturas!You can pair with bread , add raw onions, garnish with coriander leaves and have your bread channa in chat style.
My Notes:
- While grinding onions and tomatoes we can even grind it raw but sauting and grinding it to a paste enhances the flavour.
- After chana is added you can even pressure cook for 1 whistle for the gravy to blend well with chana.
- Garnish with finely chopped raw onions only while serving to retain the crunchiness.
- Adjust water according to the thickness of the gravy. As channa is also added while grinding the gravy will be creamy and thick.
Fingerlicking channa masala, gorgeous looking dish..
delicious combination
i have never used coconut in chole masala. your version looks nice. rotis look so soft.
chole masala luks delicious…Love the combo with chapathi…Especially the rotis luks very soft…Wounderful clicks.
Looks gorgeous! Awesome clicks and nice recipe for the chole!
awesome, can i have some?
Lovely channa recipe. Great post 🙂
Thats a perfect combo..I love chole too…
Fingerlicking chana masala, slurp!! nice recipe with less work and great flavors..
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Perfect combo…. Yummy chole..
love the big (gundu ) channa.very yummy recipe and gorgeous click.
i tooo love the addition of fennel seeds to channa
lovely presentation with great flavors..
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looks superb my dear…n i especially like it topped with chopped onion as u have done ….super yummy
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Channa looking wonderful dear! I'd love to try this recipe..
Your version sounds great..super yummy and beautiful clicks
Lovely presentation..Would love to have this delicious chana masala with pooris and batura..
Wow.. fantastic recipe. Sounds simple and yummy :)Super good pictures too. Love the first one the most 🙂 tempting
Beautiful presentation Sharmi…absolutely delicious
Love chole anytime wid anything…looks really yummy..nicely captured pics..
this def looks much more yummier
Good combination. looks yummy
beautifully prepared recipe, looks yum
Chole masala looks finger-looking good.. bookmarked..
Aaha Oho
Lovely clicks and a delicious spread of channa.
I love white chick peas too and this seems like a delish u have here!
r masala wada seems like an amazing snack too!
Love channa ..nice pictures…:)
I am so in love with chickpeas…great source of vegan protein and a gazillion other nutrients! Thanks for sharing this recipe…looks really delish!
I tried this today.. very delicious.. Thanks for your recipes and they turn out yummy
Tried this today… It was delicious and the trick of grinding 2tbsp of channa with onion and tomatoes gives a completely different taste. I added both garam masala as well as chole masala as i like my gravy to have more spice.
I have made this recipe a few times now and it has been fab everytime. Thanks for the recipe!
I tried this and came out well …. became little spicy for my hubby but i loved it!!!!! Thanks for the recipe……
i tried this today… it turned out really good….. my hubby didnt even need rotis toh have it…. he liked it soo much that he was having it with a spoon.. 🙂
Perfect Chana! Havetried many recipes for chana, this came the closest to what you get in hotels! Thanks!
I tried it and came out soo nice:-)Thanks Sharmi:-)
I have tried this recipe… It was truely awesome..!!!!!!!
Truely awesome curry!!! Loved it!!!!
tried and came out welll..so thanks..