Chole masala| Chana Masala|Chickpeas Curry| How to prepare Chana masala
Chole masala| Punjabi chole| Chickpeas Curry| How to prepare chana masala with detailed step by step photos. Chana masala/chole masala is delicious and flavorful curry. It prepared with cooked chickpeas and also with onion tomato based masala. This chana masala goes with poori, roti, parathas and rice.- Soak the channa for 8 hour and pressure cook for 5 whistles- Now take the roughly chopped onion ginger and garlic and make puree and keep aside,in a blender take roughly chopped tomato and make puree- Heat some oil in a kadai, add cinnamom , bay leave and jeera- Now add the onion and ginger garlic puree and saute it- Add chole masala, turmeric and chilli powder and saute it well- Further add tomato puree and cook till it ozzes out oil- Add the cooked chana and mix well and add water if required use the stock of chana and cook for 2 minutes on high flame- When it starts boiling add the mashed channa this is optional and mix well and cover for cook for 5 minutes - Finally add kasuri methi and garam masala and switch off the flame
Ingredients
- 1 cup Kabulichanna/vellai sundal
- 2 no Onion (roughly chopped)
- 2 no Tomato (roughly chopped)
- Ginger (small)
- 5-6 pods Garlic
- 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
- 3 tsp Chana/Chole masala powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric
- 2 tbsp Oil
- Cinnamom (small)
- 1 no Bay leave
- 1/2 tsp Cumin/jeera
- Water (as required)
- Salt (as per taste)
Instructions
- Soak the channa for 8 hour and pressure cook for 5 whistles
- Now take the roughly chopped onion ginger and garlic and make puree and keep aside,in a blender take roughly chopped tomato and make puree
- Heat some oil in a kadai, add cinnamom , bay leave and jeera
- Now add the onion and ginger garlic puree and saute it
- Add chole masala, turmeric and chilli powder and saute it well
- Further add tomato puree and cook till it ozzes out oil
- Add the cooked chana and mix well and add water if required use the stock of chana and cook for 2 minutes on high flame
- When it starts boiling add the mashed channa this is optional and mix well and cover for cook for 5 minutes
- Finally add kasuri methi and garam masala and switch off the flame
Notes
Soak the chana for 8 hours and
You can also make it as pot dish
Mashing the cooked chana and adding in curry is optional