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Home Style Chana Masala Recipe

October 23, 2010 by Sharmilee J 38 Comments

Channa / Chole Masala Recipe

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.

Channa / Chole Masala Recipe

Chana Masala Recipe – Ingredients

Preparation Time : 8 hrs | Cooking Time : 30 mins | Serves : 3
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:

  1. 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.
    How to make chana masala - Step1
  2. 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.How to make chana masala - Step2
  3. 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.How to make chana masala - Step3
  4. 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. How to make chana masala - Step4

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.

Bread Channa Recipe

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.

Channa / Chole Masala Recipe

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Comments

  1. Priya says

    October 23, 2010 at 12:53 pm

    Fingerlicking channa masala, gorgeous looking dish..

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  2. Torviewtoronto says

    October 23, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    delicious combination

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  3. Mahimaa's kitchen says

    October 23, 2010 at 2:53 pm

    i have never used coconut in chole masala. your version looks nice. rotis look so soft.

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  4. Premalatha Aravindhan says

    October 23, 2010 at 3:16 pm

    chole masala luks delicious…Love the combo with chapathi…Especially the rotis luks very soft…Wounderful clicks.

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  5. RAKS KITCHEN says

    October 23, 2010 at 3:27 pm

    Looks gorgeous! Awesome clicks and nice recipe for the chole!

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  6. Ananda Rajashekar says

    October 23, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    awesome, can i have some?

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  7. Paaka Shaale says

    October 23, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    Lovely channa recipe. Great post 🙂

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  8. Kairali sisters says

    October 24, 2010 at 12:50 am

    Thats a perfect combo..I love chole too…

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  9. aipi says

    October 24, 2010 at 3:35 am

    Fingerlicking chana masala, slurp!! nice recipe with less work and great flavors..

    US Masala

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  10. indianspicemagic says

    October 24, 2010 at 5:03 am

    Perfect combo…. Yummy chole..

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  11. jeyashrisuresh says

    October 24, 2010 at 8:26 am

    love the big (gundu ) channa.very yummy recipe and gorgeous click.
    i tooo love the addition of fennel seeds to channa

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  12. Jay says

    October 24, 2010 at 11:19 am

    lovely presentation with great flavors..

    do visit mine..when time permits..

    cheers,
    Tasty Appetite

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  13. chaitrali pathak says

    October 24, 2010 at 1:23 pm

    looks superb my dear…n i especially like it topped with chopped onion as u have done ….super yummy

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  14. chaitrali pathak says

    October 24, 2010 at 2:27 pm

    A surprise waiting for u at my blog

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  15. Priya Sriram says

    October 24, 2010 at 4:22 pm

    Channa looking wonderful dear! I'd love to try this recipe..

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  16. Suja Sugathan says

    October 24, 2010 at 6:16 pm

    Your version sounds great..super yummy and beautiful clicks

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  17. Yummy Team says

    October 24, 2010 at 7:01 pm

    Lovely presentation..Would love to have this delicious chana masala with pooris and batura..

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  18. Nithya says

    October 25, 2010 at 4:58 am

    Wow.. fantastic recipe. Sounds simple and yummy :)Super good pictures too. Love the first one the most 🙂 tempting

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  19. @SaNgI says

    October 25, 2010 at 5:43 am

    Beautiful presentation Sharmi…absolutely delicious

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  20. Prathibha says

    October 25, 2010 at 10:24 am

    Love chole anytime wid anything…looks really yummy..nicely captured pics..

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  21. An Open Book says

    October 25, 2010 at 11:13 am

    this def looks much more yummier

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  22. Beena says

    October 25, 2010 at 6:46 pm

    Good combination. looks yummy

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  23. Krishnaveni says

    October 25, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    beautifully prepared recipe, looks yum

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  24. NIDHYA says

    October 25, 2010 at 11:04 pm

    Chole masala looks finger-looking good.. bookmarked..

    Aaha Oho

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  25. Sanjeeta kk says

    October 26, 2010 at 5:05 am

    Lovely clicks and a delicious spread of channa.

    Reply
  26. ♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ says

    October 26, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    I love white chick peas too and this seems like a delish u have here!
    r masala wada seems like an amazing snack too!

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  27. Pavithra says

    March 22, 2011 at 5:26 pm

    Love channa ..nice pictures…:)

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  28. Charissa says

    August 9, 2011 at 4:49 pm

    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!

    Reply
  29. Thava says

    March 18, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    I tried this today.. very delicious.. Thanks for your recipes and they turn out yummy

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  30. dhivya says

    August 25, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    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.

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  31. Safa Basheer says

    September 14, 2012 at 10:44 am

    I have made this recipe a few times now and it has been fab everytime. Thanks for the recipe!

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  32. Veena Soundararajan says

    October 17, 2012 at 10:29 pm

    I tried this and came out well …. became little spicy for my hubby but i loved it!!!!! Thanks for the recipe……

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  33. AnotherFlowers Blog !! says

    January 11, 2013 at 7:56 pm

    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.. 🙂

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  34. Unknown says

    May 14, 2013 at 2:13 pm

    Perfect Chana! Havetried many recipes for chana, this came the closest to what you get in hotels! Thanks!

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  35. Sugi says

    November 18, 2013 at 8:07 am

    I tried it and came out soo nice:-)Thanks Sharmi:-)

    Reply
  36. Meera Cyriac says

    July 2, 2015 at 10:17 am

    I have tried this recipe… It was truely awesome..!!!!!!!

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  37. Meera Cyriac says

    July 2, 2015 at 10:18 am

    Truely awesome curry!!! Loved it!!!!

    Reply
  38. Srilakshmi Ch says

    September 28, 2015 at 6:50 am

    tried and came out welll..so thanks..

    Reply

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