Chana Masala / Chickpeas Masala

Ingredients
White Chickpeas (soaked overnight in water) – 1 and 1/2 cups 
Onion (sliced) – 1 large
Tomato (sliced) – 1 large
Green Chillies (slit) -2
Curry Leaves – A sprig
Oil – 2 tbsp
Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp
Ginger Paste -1 tsp
Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
Chicken Masala Powder – 1 tbsp
Red chilly powder – 1/2 tsp
Coriander Powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
Cilantro – A few
Salt – As required
Water – As required

Preparation Method

1.Soak the Chickpeas overnight or for at least 4 hours. Wash the chickpeas and drain the water.
2.Pressure cook the chickpeas with a pinch of turmeric for around 20 minutes. Add enough water so as to cover the chickpeas.
3.Heat 2 tbsp oil in a wok and splutter mustard seeds.
4.Add sliced onions and saute till the onions are translucent.
5.Add slit green chillies, chopped tomatoes and curry leaves and saute till the tomatoes are cooked well.
6.Next add 1 tsp ginger paste and 1 tsp garlic paste and saute for a minute.
7.Add 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp chilly powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, 1 tbsp Chicken masala powder and stir fry for two minutes.
8.Add the cooked chana along with the leftover water from the cooker. Add more water (around 1/4 cup) if required to make enough gravy.
9.Sprinkle some cilantro leaves and mix well.
10.Cover and cook on low flame for another 10-15 minutes, till the gravy is thick and finely coated on the chickpeas.

Serve along with rice or chappathis.

Chickpea Salad And Award

Ingredients 1 cup cookedchickpeas

1 cucumber, sliced
1 carrot, chopped
3 lettuce leafs
1/2 lemon
Salt o taste.

Directions

1.In a medium bowl combine chickpeas, cucumber,carrot,lettuce leaf,leamon and salt. Mix well and serve.

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Vella Kadala Curry(Channa Curry)

Ingredients :
Chickpeas(Vella kadala) - 1 cup(soaked for 2-4 hour)
Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
Ginger(crushed) - 1/4 tsp
Onion(chopped) - 2 no
Oil - 3 tbsp
Green chillies(slit) - 3 nos
Curry leaves - 4 - 5 nos
Corindar leaves
Red chilly powder – 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds(Jeerakam) – 1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Dry red chillies -5

Preparation
1)Cook channa in 1 1/2 cups of water or more as reqd by adding all the powders and ginger,onion,green chillies.
2)Graind coconut by adding Cumin seeds to a fine paste.
3)Add this to cooked channa.
4)Cook for 10 minutes, till the gravy thickens.
5) Heat oil in a pan, Splutter mustard seeds sauté curry leaves and dry red chillies.And add to curry and mix well.
6)Garnish Kadala Curry with Corindar leaves.
:- Serve Kadala Curry hot with chappathis or puttu.