A wholesome home cooked North Indian meal perfect for the evening you want some simple Indian food.
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Total cook time: 55 minutes
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 120 gms chickpeas(Soak for 6-8 hours)
- 2 cloves of garlic to pressure cook (optional) + 2-3 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
- 1 bay leaf (optional)
- 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
- 1 green chilli (finely chopped)
- ½ onion (chopped)
- 2 medium tomatoes (finely chopped or coarsely blended – see below)
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 2 tsp chana masala
- ½ tsp tumeric powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1 tbsp coriander (chopped)
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- Water as required
- Rice to serve
Method
- In a pressure cooker, cook the soaked chickpeas with water, salt, garlic and bayleaf for 6-7 whistles.
- Blend the onion with a bit of water to form a thick paste and keep aside.
- Next, blend the tomatoes, but do not completely puree it (leave some pieces). You can also finely chop the tomatoes instead.
- In a pan, heat the ghee.
- Once hot, add the ginger, garlic and chilli and cook until they brown.
- Add the blended onion and cook until the water dries.
- Add the chana masala, salt, chilli powder and tumeric powder and stir.
- Add the tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes or until the water dries.
- Release the pressure from the pressure cooked chickpeas.
- Add the mixture to the boiled chickpeas in the pressure cooker (do not drain the water/garlic/bayleaf).
- Optional – At this stage, you can add more water and adjust the spices as per your taste.
- Cover with the lid and let it cook on medium heat for 10-15 minutes.
- Add the chopped coriander and lemon juice.
- Serve with rice.
Hope you enjoy this!
Payal
P&K's Food Heaven 