Chana Masala recipe

Chana Masala recipe means healthy recipe, this recipe made of black gram is full of nutrients with taste. This is a Punjabi dish which is very much liked all over India. It is made in black gram, onion, tomato and hot spices.

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Benefits of Kale Chane –

Chana reduces sugar level
Chickpeas get rid of acne
Helps in treating digestive problems
keeps the heart healthy
controls appetite

Boiled Kale Chane Ke Fayede –

balances diabetes
are beneficial for the skin
good for heart
helps in reducing weight
removes iron deficiency

Let’s see how to make Chana Masala Recipe.

Soak the chickpeas for 10 to 12 hours before or (overnight), pour water till the top of the chickpeas in the cooker, add half a teaspoon of salt, after one whistle, reduce the flame of the gas, let the cooker cook on a low flame for 12 to 15 minutes. Open the gas and check the gram, if there is a stone in the gram, then close the cooker again for 5 to 7 minutes and let it cook on a low flame.

Heat oil in a bowl, add cumin seeds and bay leaves, add finely chopped onions and fry till light brown. In a small bowl, add Kashmiri red chilli powder, salt (remember salt was added while boiling gram), ginger garlic paste, coriander. Powder, Chole Masala or Kitchen King Masala (whichever you have in both) make a paste by adding water to all of them and put it in onion and add curd and roast it on a low flame.

Add ground tomatoes, grind 25 to 30 grams of boiled gram in the mixer and make a paste and add garam masala, green chilies, kasoori fenugreek to the spices after roasting them.

Now add chickpeas, add water, mix well and let it cook for 5 to 7 minutes, heat oil or ghee in a fry pan and temper it with thick green chilies and cumin seeds.4