Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chana masala (chickpea curry) - purely veg. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Channa Masala is an Indian style curry made with Chickpeas/Garbanzo beans. It's a great option for vegetarian/vegan source of protein. Chana masala recipe - Learn how to make chana masala in restaurant style.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chana masala (chickpea curry) - purely veg using 21 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chana Masala (Chickpea curry) - purely veg:

1. Prepare oil
2. Get butter
3. Get Salt (to taste)
4. Get bay leaf
5. Prepare chana masala
6. Make ready asafetida
7. Make ready turmeric powder
8. Make ready coriander cumin
9. Get red chilli powder (as per taste)
10. Take tomato ketchup
11. Make ready hot chilli ketchup (as per taste 😁)
12. Take small bowl chick peas (could be more)
13. Prepare tomatoes
14. Make ready medium sized onions or 1 big onion
15. Take spring onion - finely chopped
16. Take green chillis (the thin ones - spicy)
17. Make ready boiled potato (chopped) - optional
18. Take ginger - grated
19. Take garlic - grated
20. Take lemon
21. Prepare chopped coriander - for flavor

Punjabi Chana masala recipe - This pressure cooked delicious vegan curry is so flavorful and satisfying that your family will be clamouring for Punjabi Chana Masala (Choley) popularly known as the Indian Chickpea Curry is a crowd-pleaser. This vegan one-pot curry can be made in an Instant. Chana masala, also called chole masala, is believed to have originated in northern India. "Chana" means chickpea and "masala" refers to a The following is our inspired version resembling what we've tasted in restaurants. You can find a more traditional preparation here from Veg Recipes of India.

Steps to make Chana Masala (Chickpea curry) - purely veg:

1. Soak a bowl of chick peas or the amount you'd want to cook, overnight, or for at least 8 hours (tip).
2. Boil chickpeas in a cooker (this would do faster). Add enough water, chickpeas, a pinch of salt, a little bit of turmeric, some few drops of oil. Let the cooker whistle 3-4 times atleast. If you do not have a cooker, just boil them normally on the gas for may be 30 minutes (minimum).
3. While the chickpeas boil; grind the onions (preferably the red ones but you could take the white ones too) and green chillis. Separately grind the tomatoes. Grate a slice of ginger. Grate 2 cloves of garlic (you can add more depending on your taste). Do all of these separately.
4. Take a frying pan, add oil and butter as mentioned and let it heat.
5. Add a pinch of asafetida, add the grated garlic and ginger together with bay leaf and let it fry for some few seconds (1-2 seconds). Do not let it turn brown. You should already be able to smell the garlic
6. Add the ground onion and chillis together with the chopped spring onions. Fry until the colour of the onion changes slightly.
7. Add the ground tomatoes (or tomato paste), the chana masala, salt to taste, cumin coriander powder, turmeric, red chilli, the ketchup and hot chilli ketchup and stir. Let it fry on slow or medium heat until the tomatoes appear to be cooked. (For this dish Baadshah's chana masala was used, you can use Everest also or any other make).
8. Add the chickpeas and water as required (If you end up adding extra water, you can let it boil until some of it evaporates 😜). If you want it dry do not add water, just 4-5 tablespoons. Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves, squeeze half a lemon & mix everything together. Let it boil on medium flame until you notice a thin layer of oil around the corners or the top (in other words, the oil separates from the spices). If you want to add potatoes you can do so in this step. Potato is optional.
9. Serve in a bowl, garnish with chopped tomatoes, chopped onions and chopped coriander. If you do not want to garnish it, you can serve with a slice of lemon, slices of onions in the side and a green chilli. You can either have rice, naan, chapati, roti, paratha or even bread with it. Enjoy ! 😋

And this Chana Aloo Curry (Chana = chickpeas, Aloo = potatoes), is one such example. A great tasting curry from scratch will always call for a fair few spices. My Chana aloo curry turned out wonderfully. I wanted to make it vegan so I didn't top it with yogurt. Chana Masala, also known as Chole (pronounced Cho-lay) is a dish where chickpeas are cooked in a spicy, flavorful onion-tomato gravy.

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