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    Channa Masala Recipe

    Published: Jun 4, 2016 · Modified: Oct 5, 2020 by Srivalli · 11 Comments

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    For the third and final day of cooking smooth gravies, I have yet another favorite of my kids, the chole. Our Sunday breakfast is alternated with either Appam and Tomato Kurma or Poori Channa. My boys are specific with the same dish being served. So I do not experiment all the time.
    However, this time, I wanted to make channa in the smooth gravy style. This was inspired by my colleague who had got it for lunch. I tweaked it further to suit my kids' tastebud. I was so happy I managed to cook this as a regular one after a long time.
    On the whole, I enjoyed making this theme as it suits our daily cooking and having different options is so helpful to have on the menu.
    Chana Masala Recipe
    Ingredients Needed:
    For the ground Masala
    Onions - 2 medium
    Tomato - 2 medium
    Boiled Channa - 1/2 cup
    Cloves - 2
    Cinnamon - 1
    Cardamom - 1
    Oil - 1 tsp
    For the gravy
    Oil - 2 tsp
    Green Chilies - 2
    Ginger Garlic - 1/4 tsp
    Finely chopped onions - 1 small
    Ground Masala
    Boiled Channa - 2 cups
    Red Chili powder - 1 tsp
    Channa Masala - 1 tsp
    Turmeric powder a pinch
    Salt to taste
    Butter - 1 tbsp
    Coriander leaves handful
    How to make the Channa Masala ground style
    Wash and change the water in channa couple of times. Soak with 3 times its amount water overnight. Change water and pressure cook with salt till it is soft.
    For the ground masala
    Heat oil in a nonstick pan, saute the spices, then add onions, saute well. Then add tomatoes, saute.
    Remove and cool it down. Then take the roasted ingredients along with 1 ladleful of boiled channa and grind to a smooth paste with adding water.
    For the Gravy
    Heat the nonstick pan with oil, saute with ginger garlic paste, slit green chilies, and finely chopped onions.
    Saute till it turns colour. Then add the ground masala. Add the spice powders, let it get cooked well. When the oil comes out on the side and the masala is well cooked, add the boiled channa along with required water.
    Adjust seasoning and add butter, coriander leaves and simmer for 5 mins.
    Serve with pooris
    Other Chana Recipes to try Amritsari Chole
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    Channa Masala Recipe

    Course Main Dish – Gravies
    Author Srivalli
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    1. Priya Suresh says

      June 05, 2016 at 4:26 pm

      Its been a while i had bhatura and channa masala, makes me hungry.

      Reply
    2. vaishali sabnani says

      June 06, 2016 at 4:03 am

      This is one combo that I really like, but if I make with smooth gravies I prefer to serve with rice.

      Reply
    3. Sarita says

      June 06, 2016 at 7:27 pm

      This is an awesome combo! Love your Chana masala.

      Reply
    4. Pavani N says

      June 07, 2016 at 8:30 pm

      Classic combo of poori and chole. Chole looks mouth watering.

      Reply
    5. Sowmya :) says

      June 08, 2016 at 12:03 am

      It's one of my favorite comfort food! Love your version...it looks delicious. Also those dishes look really cute

      Reply
    6. Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says

      June 08, 2016 at 2:33 pm

      Poori and chole yummy combo. Love your style of channa masala.

      Reply
    7. Smruti Shah says

      June 10, 2016 at 5:50 pm

      Chole is our go-to curry atleast once a week. Your version looks super tempting!

      Reply
    8. Gayathri Kumar says

      June 11, 2016 at 8:48 am

      This is such a classical combination. My daughter loves poori with chole..

      Reply
    9. Archana Potdar says

      June 12, 2016 at 12:50 pm

      It's been a while since I have made Chana of any kind. Now that monsoons have started I will be falling back on pulses and channa kind of recipes. So this is sure a welcome change in my menu.

      Reply
    10. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      June 18, 2016 at 1:17 pm

      My older one loves chole and I am always looking for different flavors to make it for him. Poori and chole is an amazing combo 🙂

      Reply
    11. Sapana Behl says

      August 31, 2016 at 1:45 pm

      You can never go wrong with chana masala.love it.

      Reply

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