Dinner recipes, Side Dish for Roti

CHANNA MASALA

 

Channa masala is an all time, all age favourite.This becomes an easy and versatile option to so many dainty and delicious dishes.I’ll explain how.Whenever i make Channa masala  for any indian flat breads like rotis or phulkas,i make a little extra and keep it in the fridge and make bread channa,samosa chaat or simply chaana chat itself.It can be made  to so many tasty recipes in no time.I planned channa masala for a saturday dinner and paired it with simple rotis.I always make There are so many ways of making channa masala and there is no hard and fast rule.I make it this way and it.s a easy proceedure to follow.So here goes the recipe.

 

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CHANNA MASALA
Prep Time 480 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings
cup
Ingredients
Course side dish
Cuisine north indian
Prep Time 480 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings
cup
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Soak chick peas overnight or for minimum 8 hrs.
  2. Pressure by adding salt and water for 3 whistles.
  3. Chop onions and tomato and keep them ready.
  4. Heat oil and add jeera and onion and fry till pink.
  5. Take the remaining quantity of tomatoes and along with ginger and green chilly place it a blender.
  6. Grind to a paste.
  7. Now while in the kadai after the onions and add the rest of the tomatoes.
  8. Add red chilly powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder and chole masala.
  9. Add now the boiled chick peas and add salt.
  10. Garnish with coriander leaves.
  11. Serve hot with rotis or phulkas.
Recipe Notes

Notes

  • You can add a squeeze of lemon in the end.
  • You can sprinkle chaat masala on top while serving.
  • Addition of freshly cut onions as garnish on top also adds to the taste.