Here goes the recipe..
Ingredients:
Chickpeas / chana ..... 2 cups ( boiled)
Onions ......... 2 medium sized
Tomato puree .... 2 tbsps
Potatoes .... 1 ( you can also use baby potatoes)
Coriander leaves ... handful
Green chillies ... 3-4 ( you can use more if you like )
Ginger ....... 1 inch piece (grated)
Garlic ......... 1 tsp ( crushed)
Turmeric powder ... 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder ... 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder ..... 1/4 tsp
Salt ... to taste
Mango powder 1/2 tsp or yogurt if you like to make it tangy.
Oil ... 6-7 tbsps
For the pickle spices:
Fennel seeds / saunf ... 1 tsp
Cumin seeds ............ 1 tsp
Onion seeds ............. 1 tsp
Methi dana / fenugreek seeds .. 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds / rai ............... 3/4 tsp
Method:
1. Soak the chickpeas overnight or for 5-6 hours. Boil them in a pressure cooker with a little salt. Drain and set aside.
2. Lightly dry roast the pickle spices.
3. Grind them coarsely.
4. Grind the onion, ginger and garlic in a mixie.
5. Heat oil in a pan and add the slit green chillies.
6. Saute and add the onion paste. Stir fry for a minute or two.
7. Now add the coriander, turmeric and red chilli powder.
8. Tip in the boiled chana, pickle spice powder and tomato puree. Add the salt to taste.
9. Add one cup water to cook. Add the boiled potato cubes and coriander leaves. Simmer until all the spices are incorporated into the chickpeas.
Serve with rotis / naans / puris / bhaturas
Yumm yumm.. Mouthwatering achari chanas.. Loved it..
ReplyDeleteThanks Gloria
DeleteThis is the kind of dish I really can eat every single day! Yum!
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DeleteAchari chana looks delicious.
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DeleteThis is one dish which I love to the core
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DeleteSuper tempting chana. Would love to have it with hot phulkas.
ReplyDeleteMy mouth is just watering here, such a fingerlicking achari channa;
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DeleteThis looks really delicious and tasty shobha, please san you send it to my event lets cook with pulses at simplyfood.
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DeleteInteresting masala.. I also like this flavour
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Deleteloved this version,looks too good..bookmarked !!!!
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DeleteWow ! Looks delicious.. going to try this today
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DeleteLooks delicious... going to try today :)
ReplyDeleteWow.. make and enjoy
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Thanks for the compliment Hema
Deletewhen do you put in the chickpeas in the fried masala? maybe that's step 8.5 :p after outting the achari masala and tomatoes of before?
ReplyDeleteThanks for pointing out.. It is shown in the pic.8 .. but forgot to mention the chana there. I have edited it now.
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