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Chana Masala/Chickpeas coated with curry masala

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If asked my mom or mother-in-law is chana masala curry a easy one to make? They will say no, because it requires over night soaking chana dal and pressure cooking them for making curry. However, if you ask same question, I will say yes because I always have canned chana and rajma in my pantry, hence I can make chana dishes at any time.
One thing I found out that chana masala goes well with everything, including Algerian flatbread, Trinidad Doubles, Russian blinichki , Sardinian flat bread and Indian paratha and chapathi. I try to experiment my chana masala with switching the masala used to make them, such gram masala sometime, chicken or meat masala some time. Even though I won’t cook chicken and meat I buy the masala combination so that I can try with various veggies. I usually want different taste for each meal; my hubby is fine if he has chapathi and a curry. He will happiest person when he can eat them 3 times a day. I can’t, and need some changes. My baby is also like me, she doesn’t like to eat the same dish every day, and she wants to explore the new tastes. One more thing chana masala from every kitchen is different in taste and appearance. 
I make Chana masala two ways: the first one is cooking chana with half of mashed chana. Other one without mashed chana, usually mashed chana makes the gravy thick. Here goes the recipe. 

What you need

 Chick peas: 2 can (cooked)
Onion: 1 no
Tomato: 2 no
Potato: 1 no
Ginger garlic paste: 1 tablespoon
Green chili: 1
Gram masala: ½ teaspoon
Red chili powder: 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder: ½ teaspoon
Cumin powder: ¼ teaspoon
Cumin seeds: ½ teaspoon
Fennel seeds: ¼ teaspoon
Mustard seeds: 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder: ⅛ teaspoon
Salt: 1 teaspoon
Olive oil : 2 tablespoon
Water : 4 cup
Chopped coriander leaves: 1 tablespoon

How I made

Heat olive oil in a medium sauce pot and add mustard seeds, fennel seeds and cumin seeds, when mustards seeds starts spluttering add chopped onion, chopped green chilies and ⅛ teaspoon of salt and fry until onion becomes translucent it takes about 6-7 minutes.
To this onion mixture add ginger- garlic paste and fry them for another 3 minutes. To this add turmeric powder. Chili powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala and fry for another 2 minutes, add chopped tomatoes and cook until tomato become tender and soft, it takes about 3 minutes. To this add chopped potato and 1 ½ cup of water, let it cook for 8 minutes or until the potato cooked tender not mushy.
To onion –tomato potato masala mixture add ¾ of the chick peas along with ½ cup of water.
Mash the rest of chick peas into a fine paste using blender or food processor and add this paste to the above onion-tomato potato chickpeas mixture and rest of water cook for 6-8 minutes or until reach the exact consistency of gravy. Switch of the flame and chopped coriander leaves. 
Enjoy with Rice vermicelli, rice or chapathi.

Preparation time: 35 minutes
Yield: 7 serving
Verdict: Yummy
Will you make it again: Making more often.

Swathi

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  1. anthony stemke says

    I've made this dish and love it, although I don't make it with olive oil which is fine I suppose. I used anise seeds instead of fennel when ran out. Love fennel seeds in Italian-style tomato sauce. Going to try this.

    Your recipe is great and your love of bread is even more-so than mine. cm

    Thank You for this recipe.

  2. MiniBinoy says

    chole looks delicious Swathi.. feel like making it tdy with some nans to go with it

  3. Di says

    Looks so good! I like the idea of mashing up the chana and also adding potato to make a thicker gravy. Mine usually ends up more on the watery side. - I will definitely try your recipe!

  4. Lena Rashmin Raj says

    looks delicious Swathi.. love to have with roti's.. 🙂

  5. Indie.Tea says

    It sounds delicious. Perfect side dish for an Indian meal 🙂

  6. Home Cooked Oriya Food says

    I love channa masala too... looks yum!

  7. Reeni says

    This is one dish I have had before and loved! I have never made it at home but your recipes sounds like something I could handle. Delicious!

  8. Joanne says

    I love ordering channa masala at restaurants but have never made it at home. This sounds like a great recipe for it! It's definitely a lot easier when you already have cooked chickpeas!

  9. Panchpakwan says

    Chana masala looks spicy and delicious..Adding potato is new to me.

  10. Viki's Kitchen says

    well said about chickpeas in can, so handy. Looks super delicious dear.

  11. Jaisy James says

    wow looks yummy dear. an award waiting for u in my blog

  12. Shama Nagarajan says

    yummy delicious tempting masala

  13. Ameya says

    Chana looks scrumptious!! All you need now is bhatura 🙂

  14. sanjeeta kk says

    Lovely recipe. I love channa recipes, and this looks delicious.

  15. Sreelekha Sumesh says

    Love this with chapatis.Yummy!

  16. RAKS KITCHEN says

    I love this with bhatura and roti! Looks very nice and nice recipe!

  17. Ellie (Almost Bourdain) says

    I love spiced chickpea recipe. Will give a go soon!

  18. Rachana says

    Chana masala is always a hit at my place. Droolworthy chana masala 🙂

  19. Jagruti જાગૃતિ says

    Love love love chana masala..my family fav...yours looks tempting !!

  20. Pushpa says

    Chole looks delicious Swathi,My fav any day...

    Pushpa @ simplehomefood.com

  21. Faith says

    This is one of my hubby's favorites! Love your recipe, I'm bookmarking it to make soon!

  22. kothiyavunu.com says

    Hey swathi u know today for my breakfast i prepared this bhautra and channa masala..ur version with aloo sound good..will try like this next time..:)

  23. Kairali sisters says

    Chana masala is something i cannot make perfect, i will try yours swathi...Looks yummm

  24. Satya says

    chole looks very delicious swati ...fennel must give a nice flavor to the curry ..yummy

    Satya
    http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

  25. Priya says

    Feel like having this droolworthy channa masala with some rotis..yumm!

  27. aipi says

    Very tempting curry, I love this..never used mustard n fennel in chole, must have given a distinct flavor!

    US Masala

  28. Sushma Mallya says

    yummy, can have those with puri anyday...

  29. Ms.Chitchat says

    Very tasty looking chana masala,would love to have it with rotis or in fact with plain Basmati rice too.

  31. G.Pavani says

    looks delicious and tempting to have with pooris..

  32. sinfullyspicy says

    Never used fennel and mustard in chole.looks very yummy ..precooked chana saves a lot of effort for sure

  33. Yummy Team says

    Delicious chana masala, loved aloo-chana combo. Perfect with rotis..

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