Dry Chana | Kondakadalai Pirattal
Dry Chana is a spicy & tasty dish made by preparing a masala with spices, coconut, tomato & onion and cooking it with chana. Dry Chana is relished as an appetizer and also as a side for roti, chapati, poori & also for rice meal.
Servings2
Ingredients
- 1 cup chana
- 1 onion chopped finely
- 1/2 teaspoon tomato puree from 1 tomato
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- salt to taste
To Temper:
- 3 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 red chillies broken
- 1 small sprig curry leaves
To Roast & Grind to a Powder :
- 3/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 inch piece cinnamon
To Grind:
- 4 tablespoon coconut
- 5 small onion
- 1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 4 cloves garlic
Instructions
- Soak chana overnight and pressure cook along with a pinch of turmeric powder for 5-6 whistles or until soft, reserve the cooked water. Set aside.
- Roast pepper and cinnamon for 2mins then grind it to a fine powder – I used my hand mortar and pestle.
- Grind the ingredients listed under ‘to grind to a paste’ to a semi fine paste, Set aside.
- Heat oil in a kadai – add the ingredients listed under ‘to temper’ let it splutter.
- Then add onion and fry till golden brown then tomato puree along with red chilli and coriander powder. Mix well and saute till raw smell of tomato leaves.
- Now add the coconut paste, saute well then add 1/4 cup water and allow it to boil.
- Add half of the toast and ground powder, reserve the other half to be added at the last stage. Add required salt.
- Add chana along with cooked water. Mix well.
- Add the other half of roast and ground powder and keep cooking and switch of when it becomes a dry curry.
- If you want to make it for poori or chapati you can make it gravy kind.
- Serve Chana with hot steamed rice. It goes well even with chapati and poori.
Notes
- You can make this with brown chana too.
- You can even grind 5 cashews along with other ingredients
- If you want to serve it for poori or chapati, you can make it gravy kind and switch off at that time. I served it as a side dish for rice so made it as a dry curry.
Nutrition Facts
Dry Chana | Kondakadalai Pirattal
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 477
Calories from Fat 126
% Daily Value*
Fat 14g22%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Trans Fat 0.03g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 5g
Sodium 1958mg85%
Potassium 386mg11%
Carbohydrates 76g25%
Fiber 27g113%
Sugar 10g11%
Protein 17g34%
Vitamin A 415IU8%
Vitamin C 65mg79%
Calcium 240mg24%
Iron 5mg28%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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