Black Chickpeas ( kala chana Masala ) Curry ...Without Onion Abd Garlic

Hello friends,
Namaskar...

I am Sangeeta Agrawal and heartily welcome you at my blog....

#Friends, Black chickpeas have been a part of the Indian diet for a long time. It is also known as Bengal grams, Garbanzo beans or Kala desi chana.

#  Black chana curry is low in fat, high in dietary fibre and rich in vitamins and minerals.

# Usually we use black chickpeas for salads, soups, and as quick snacks in the breakfast.

# But today we will make its delicious and healthy curry with no onion and garlic.
For making the thick gravy...We will mix some mashed chana in the curry.
You can enjoy it with chapati and rice both.

# Prep Time....15 minutes

# Soak Time....10 hours or overnight

# Cook Time...45 minutes

# Serving....4

# Ingredients For The Kala Chana Masala Curry...

1. Black chickpeas....150 gram ( soaked )
2. Tomatoes.....3
3. Green chili....2
4. Ginger......1 inch piece
5. Deshi ghee | oil....2 1|2 table spoon
6. Whole spices...2 bay leaf, 1 inch cinnamon stick, 2 black cardamom, 8 crushed black pepper and 4 cloves.
7. Cumin seeds...1|2 tea spoon
8. Pinch of asafoetida
9. Coriander powder...1 table spoon
10. Red chili powder...1|2 tea spoon
11. Garam masala...1 tea spoon
12. Chopped coriander...1 table spoon
13. Salt to taste
14. 1 lemon juice

#  Method Of Making "Black Chickpeas Curry".....

# For The Pressure Cooking....

1. Wash the black chana properly in an open water till the water comes clear.
Soak it for 10 hours or better overnight in sufficient water because after soaking chanas become enlarge in size.

2. Then add these soaked chana along with its healthy water in the pressure cooker with 1 tea spoon salt and 1|4 tea spoon baking soda.
Add water as required.
The perfect ratio of water should be 1 inch above to the soaked chana.

3. Pressure cook it on the high flame till 2 whistles.Then sim the flame and cook it for 15 minutes.
Let the pressure go down by itself.

4. Now check and stir it.
Then cook it again for 10 minutes.
For, these black chickpeas take much more time to cook than kabuli chole chana.
This stirring of chana after 15 minutes take less time in next cooking of chana.

5. As you find the chickpeas soft by pressing it with thumb and finger, now they are perfect for making the curry.

# Method Of Making Chickpeas Curry..

1. Firstly,  make the puree of tomatoes, ginger and green chili in the mixer jar.

2. Heat ghee or oil in a wok.
Add cumin seeds and asafoetida to
crackle.
Add all whole spices and saute it.
Now add tomato puree with coriander powder, red chili powder and 1 tea spoon salt or as taste.

3. Mix it well with whole spices.
Cover it and cook it till oil seperates  from the tomato gravy from all sides.

4. Now take out 1|4 cup boiled chana from the pressure cooker and keep aside.
And add the rest of chana in the gravy along with its water.

5.  Mix well in the gravy and cook for 5 minutes on the medium heat.

6. Now mash the separated chana coarsely and add in the curry.
Mix well and add some water as required.

The purpose is to prepare the gravy of thick consistency without adding anything extra.
It brings to curry a very luscious original taste.

7.After adding mashed chana, cook it for 5 minutes more.

8. Lastly add garam masala in the curry and cook for a minute.
Then add fresh chopped coriander and lemon juice and off the flame.

You can add tadka ( chonka ) in the curry as your choice.

For Tadka or Tempering The Curry...

# Heat a tadka pan with 1 table spoon oil or deshi ghee.  Add cumin seeds to crackle and off the flame.
Let it cool for a little to prevent burning of red chili .
Now add 1|4 tea spoon red chili powder and 2 slit green chili in the tadka and just transfer it in the curry.

In this way....Super tasty and healthy black chickpeas curry is ready to serve.
Enjoy it hot with rice and chapati.

Note...

1. Soak the kala chana in sufficient less water. It helps in fast cooking.

2. You can discard the soaking water of chana.
But the water of proper washed chana is healthy and takes less time in cooking.

3. You can skip the adding of baking soda in black chana at the time of boiling in the pressure cooker like Punjabi style....
But it will take at least 1 hour to cook ot to make chana soft.

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