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Chana Masala is one dish I would love to try different recipes with variations. I loved this easy method of pressure
cooking everything together which I learnt from my aunt recently. I have already posted chana masala with
coconut a while back and this is another version without coconut....Now you have your choice of choosing
between the two :) This goes well poori , rotis or even any mild pulaos.
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Serves: 2
Chana - 3/4 cup
Big Onion - 1 small sized chopped finely
Red Chilli Powder - 1.5 tsp
Coriander powder - 3/4 tsp
Garam masala (or) Chana Masala powder - 1 tsp
Coriander leaves - just to garnish
Lemon juice - from half a lemon
Water - 2.5 cups in total
Salt - to taste
Chana Masala Recipe - Ingredients
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Method:
1. Soak chana overnight or atleast for 8 hours.Pressure cook chana with enough water(say 1.5 cups) for 5
whistles or until soft,Set aside.In a pan heat oil - add onion, tomato, ginger, garlic and saute till mushy and
raw smell of tomatoes leaves. Allow it to cool, then add fennel seeds and pepper corns along with this in a
mixer.
2. Grind it to a fine paste.Set aside. In a pressure cooker heat oil - add the items under 'to temper' then add
onions and fry till golden brown.Then add the tomato onion paste.
Oil - 2 tsp
Tomatoes - 3 medium sized chopped roughly
Big Onion - 1 medium sized chopped roughly
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Garlic - 6 cloves
Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 1.5 tbsp
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece
Cloves - 2
Bayleaf - 1/2
To saute and grind:
To temper:
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3. Add the spice powders, mix well.Once the raw smell of masalas leave add chana along with the cooked water
to this mixture and pressure cook for 1 whistle in medium flame.Add required salt.
4. Once done, open and add more water if the gravy is too thick - I added remaining 1 cup water and allowed it
to boil in sim for 5mins.Once oil seperates and desired consistency is reached, Garnish with coriander
leaves,lemon juice and switch off.
Serve hot with bhatura / rotis!
Adjust water according to the consistency you want the gravy to be.
My Notes:
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Pressure cook chana until soft as in the last stage we are going to cook for just 1 whistle. This way I
find the masalas blend very well with chana.
I dont usually add chana masala powder, always use homemade garam masala powder instead.
Adding pepper is purely optional, if you dont like the flavour then just skip it.
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43 comments:
Divya Kudua May 22, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Yum,I can have the channa masala by itself.Simple recipe,I am definitely trying this soon:)
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Hamaree Rasoi May 22, 2013 at 10:01 AM
Delicious and mouthwatering chana masala.
Deepa
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Ms.Chitchat May 22, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Yum yum yummy channa, love the rich color and the texture. Lovely clicks.
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AparnaRajeshkumar May 22, 2013 at 10:10 AM
yummy one ! lovely combo too !
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Wer SAHM May 22, 2013 at 12:20 PM
chole masala looks too yummy....
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Nisa Homey May 22, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Gravy looks so creamy and thick....love your pics too.
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suhaina aji May 22, 2013 at 2:39 PM
gravy looks so thick and yumm..love it,,
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Saranya Balaji May 22, 2013 at 2:52 PM
Wow! looks so yumm that too without coconut...lovely texture...
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Sheetal Bhatia May 22, 2013 at 4:59 PM
It looks do yummy, very tempting.. I am definitely going to try this once at home.. http://www.psocial.in/category/food-and-
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Rumana Ambrin May 22, 2013 at 6:17 PM
Very creamy looking curry...
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Kadhyaa May 22, 2013 at 7:41 PM
simply irrestible. bookmarked
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Sireesha Puppala May 23, 2013 at 5:02 AM
I too love this channa masala a lot no need to cut veggies yet can get a healthy dish for rotis..you have made it so
beautiful sharmi..
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JEYASHRI SURESH May 23, 2013 at 11:55 AM
One of my friend makes channa in this way. Smooth gravy perfectly suitable for kids. Nice clicks
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snaveena madhan May 23, 2013 at 5:53 PM
I have tried this recipe,came very well and evryone liked it..followed the procedure as it is...Everyone should this....:)
Irresistible taste..
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Anusha Madhavan May 23, 2013 at 10:30 PM
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Tried this recipe and it turned out very tasty.
Thanks for this yummy Channa Masala recipe !
Anusha
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Anusha Madhavan May 23, 2013 at 10:32 PM
Tried this and loved it.
Thank you for this delicious Channa Masala recipe !!
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ShravsCookBookBlog May 24, 2013 at 8:14 PM
mouth watering...:)
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Sireesha Puppala May 25, 2013 at 6:07 PM
It's my favourite .lovely texture and ur recipe is very simple to understand too
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Meera May 27, 2013 at 1:27 PM
I am going to try this out. I don't make the onion-tomato paste and also don't do the last step pressure-cooking. What I do
is take some channa, grind it in the mixie and add it to the gravy. That way the gravy is thick.
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Nandini May 29, 2013 at 12:18 AM
I tried your recipe and the family loved it! Thank you :)
-Nandini
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Nandini May 29, 2013 at 12:19 AM
I tried your recipe and the family loved it! Thank you :)
-Nandini
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Su May 29, 2013 at 6:02 AM
This came out awesome! I usually make less than average chole masala..but this time! Wow! I cannot wait to get great
complements from my hubby!!
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yamuna May 30, 2013 at 9:48 AM
HI sharmi,
u r simple awesome at ur work...... iam big fan of urs.... whenever i am in confusion what to cook ... ur blog is SOS for
me.... whatever i tried from ur recipe index did wonders for me...... thanx..... n keep postng n teaching me.....
regards yamuna
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Poonam Khatri June 18, 2013 at 2:07 AM
Sharmi, the 6 garlic cloves that you add to temper just stay there? I don't want to eat a whole clove thinking it's chick pea!
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SHARMILEE J June 18, 2013 at 9:05 AM
I used the garlic for sauteing and grinding along with onion and tomato so it will not stay as whole....Please
check the method again :)
Thenmozhi Boopathy July 20, 2013 at 7:17 PM
superb recipe.,i did this., it came out very well.thank you.
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Revathi Rangaswamy July 30, 2013 at 10:10 AM
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hi.. I have cooked channa many time, but the idea of using fennel is a good idea and am sure will enhance the taste and
aroma of the channa
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Revathi Rangaswamy July 30, 2013 at 10:11 AM
hi.. I have cooked channa many time but the idea of adding fennel is very nice as im sure it would enhance the flavor and
aroma of the dish itself
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Sounak Biswas August 22, 2013 at 6:34 PM
Referring to the ingredients section..... do you mean 3 or 4 cups of chana or 3/4th cup of chana ? Also 3/4 of soaked
chana or unsoaked chana because the size differs after soaking it.
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SHARMILEE J August 22, 2013 at 6:51 PM
It is 3/4 cup..And please go through the first step...I have clearly mentioned to pressure cook...so is 3/4 cup
uncooked chana
Sneha September 13, 2013 at 5:44 PM
Just tried the recipe... Loved it...
I had to make modifications as my chana to gravy propotion was not right as my maid had put in the chana for cooking
and i dumped the whole chana from the cooker into my pan..
But none the less.. it turned out Good.. and i am sure that with the right proportions it would have been a winner..
Thank you soo much for the wonderful recipe.. :)
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Geetha Priya December 4, 2013 at 9:19 PM
I tried this recipe today al my family member liked it :) it came out very wel ::)
Thanks sharmiee :)
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Vandana Rao February 11, 2014 at 6:59 PM
wow looks yummy
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Gayathri Sivayoganathan February 21, 2014 at 8:35 AM
I tried out. The outcome was excellent. Im new to Indian cuisine. Its very much easy to follow the steps.
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Arthi Saravanan April 7, 2014 at 4:24 PM
I tried this recipe yesterday and it came out so well.....I am basically very bad at cooking and could'nt believe it came out
so fine.... I am going to try all your recipes going forward.... Thanks a lot Sharmi... this is going change my life
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Jayapriya Sajeevan April 10, 2014 at 2:20 PM
After grinding the masala to paste should i use again the garlic cloves ,fennel seeds and pepper again while tempering
will it not have a strong masala taste.
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SHARMILEE J April 10, 2014 at 7:19 PM
For tempering its a very small quantity so it will not give a strong flavour....
ashoka devanampriya April 26, 2014 at 5:07 PM
Thanks for sharing this. This turned out wonderfully yummy!!
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nagarathna keerthi April 30, 2014 at 1:19 PM
i love it thankq
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Unknown July 20, 2014 at 9:56 AM
Tried this 2nd time. It was awesome. My daughter n husband both enjoyed. Thanks a ton!
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priyaas September 10, 2014 at 8:57 PM
Sharmi u added gariic , fennel seeds and pepper in tempering instead of adding it in saute and grind . Change it .
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SHARMILEE J September 10, 2014 at 9:44 PM
Thank you Priya, have changed it now
Rashida Shaikh September 18, 2014 at 5:38 PM
I too had cooked chana, yet to post...but your method is different...nice post
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