Channa Masala / Chole Masala / Chole with Homemade Masala Powder – Side dish for Battura, Poori & Roti

I love channa masala..It is my all time favorite, I love it with battura or poori..i will post that recipe soon..We make channa masala often because everyone in my house loves it..I have another version of channa masala in my blog..You can check it here

I make this often, but never do it with store bought channa masala powder..Somehow I don’t  like it so much..I always use the spices which are available in my house or make my own masala powder..This recipe is something special because I made my own masala powder by roasting and grinding fresh spices..We had it with roti and it tasted awesome..I had some leftover,so we had it with plain sponge dosa the next day and it tasted even better..So please try it…

This is my DAY 2 recipe for BM which falls in the theme Seven days of Delicious Dals….Hope you like it and let me know what you think.

Ingrediants:

Konda kadalai / Kabuli Channa / White Channa / Chickpeas – 2 cups

Onion – 1 large sliced

Tomatoes – 2 large chopped

Ginger -1 inch piece

Garlic – 5 cloves

Kasuri Methi leaves / Dried Fenugreek leaves – 2 tblspn

Salt to taste

Oil- 4 tblspn

Coriander Leaves / Cilantro – 3 tblspn chopped

Lemon Juice – 2 tsp

For Roasting & Grinding:

Cinnamon / Pattai– 1 small stick

Cardamom / Yelakai – 5

Cloves / Krambu – 4

Whole Pepper / Mulu Milagu – 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam -1 tsp

Coriander Seeds / Thania / Malli -1 tblspn

Dry Red Chilli – 2

Method:

Soak Channa overnight or upto 8 hours and pressure cook it with some salt till it is completely soft. It will take around 25-30 mins. Set this aside for a moment.

Now start by making masala..Dry roast all ingrediants given in the list till nice aroma comes.Remove it to a plate and allow it to cool down. Now grind it into fine powder.

Heat 2 tblspn oil in a kadai. Add ginger, garlic and onion. Fry this till golden.

Now add in tomatoes and cook till it turn mushy.Put it in the blender and make into a fine paste.

Now heat 2 tblspn of oil and the ground masala and cook for 3 mins.. Add the ground masala and mix well..Fry that for 3 mins.

Add the cooked channa along with any water in there and add some additional water to make the gravy.

Now take 4 ladleful of this gravy along with channa into a blender and make into a fine paste.

Add this to the gravy and mix well..Add salt and kasuri methi leaves and mix well..

Bring this to a boil and simmer it for 15 mins untill oil floats on top.

Garnish with cilantro and lemon juice.

Serve hot with roti.

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Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants

Ingrediants u need for roasting

start roasting

till it changes colour

remove it and allow it to cool down

now put it in a blender

and powder it..This is your channa masala powder

Channa is cooked

till soft

heat oil

add garlic and ginger

add onions

and mix well

saute till brown

add tomatoes

and mix well

take it in a blender

and make into a puree

heat oil

add the masala

and mix well

add the powder

and mix well

add in the cooked channa

and mix well..

take 3-4 ladles of this and put into a blender

allow it to cool a little

and blend it

add that in to the gravy

season with salt

and add your main ingrediant kasuri methi leaves

let it come to a boil

cover and simmer

till oil floats on top

garnish with cilantro

and a squeeze of lemon

mix well

Serve

with roti or poori or battura