Kala Chana | Kala Chana Recipe | Black Chickpea Curry Recipe
Healthy and highly nutritious kala chana curry or masala to go with rice, roti, idiyappam or appam. This taste delicious and is simple to make.
Ingredients
- Kala Chana / Black Chickpeas - 2 cups dried
- Oil - 3 tblsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Cardamom / Yelakai - 4
- Cloves / Krambu - 4
- Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 stick
- Onion - 1 large chopped finely
- Green Chillies - 2 chopped
- Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblsp
- Tomato - 2 chopped
- Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
- Chana Masala - 1.5 tblsp
- Coriander Powder - 2 tsp
- Cumin Powder - 1 tsp
- Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Coriander Leaves a handful
Instructions
- Soak chana overnight. Drain and take it in a pressure cooker, cover with water, add salt and pressure cook for 5 whistle, simmer for 15 mins. Take off the heat and let the steam go by itself.
- Take a cup of cooked chana in a blender and puree till smooth.
- Heat oil in a pan, add whole spices and let them sizzle.
- Add onions, green chillies and saute for 2 mins.
- Add ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
- Add in tomatoes and cook till tomatoes get soft.
- Add spice powders, salt and mix well.
- Add water and chana and mix well.
- Add chana puree and simmer till oil separates.
- Add coriander leaves and mix well.
- Serve
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