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Add the dry mango powder and dried fenugreek leaves and mix well. Mash some of the chickpeas with the end of your spatula. The mashed chickpeas make the sauce thicker and every spoonful even more scrumptious.

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

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

1. Prepare 3 tbsp oil
2. Prepare 2 tbsp butter
3. Make ready Salt (to taste)
4. Make ready 1 bay leaf
5. Prepare 1 tbsp chana masala
6. Prepare 1 pinch asafetida
7. Get 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
8. Prepare 1 tbsp coriander cumin
9. Make ready 1 tbsp red chilli powder (as per taste)
10. Make ready 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
11. Take 4 tbsp hot chilli ketchup (as per taste 😁)
12. Make ready 1 small bowl chick peas (could be more)
13. Prepare 2-3 tomatoes
14. Take 2 medium sized onions or 1 big onion
15. Get 1 spring onion - finely chopped
16. Prepare 2 green chillis (the thin ones - spicy)
17. Get 1 boiled potato (chopped) - optional
18. Make ready 1 slice ginger - grated
19. Get 2 cloves garlic - grated
20. Prepare 1 lemon
21. Get 30 g chopped coriander - for flavor

This side dish recipe can be served with hot rotis, parathas and even butter naan. An Indian chickpea stew, Punjabi chana masala is a soaked and boiled chana beans in a tomato-onion based spiced sauce, flecked with. Literally meaning mix-spiced small-chickpeas, Chana Masala is a chickpea curry that originated in India as common street food. Chickpeas, onions, and tomatoes are stewed together in a rich curry sauce that is spiced with garam masala, coriander, cumin, and turmeric and it is served over rice or with flatbread for a super delicious and super.

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 ! 😋

Chana Masala is a popular Indian Chickpea Curry Recipe. Easy North Indian Main Course Vegan and Gluten Free Gravy recipe made with a basic onion tomato gravy and select Indian spices. Tastes best with Basmati Rice and Indian breads. You can make this chana masala recipe using canned chickpeas. Simply skip the steps of soaking and pressure cooking the chickpeas.

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