How to Make Restaurant Style Kala Chana | Black Chickpea at home

Kala chana masala is a delicious, spicy, flavourful and very popular dish and forms essential part of the North Indian .Kala chana is a variety of darker colored chickpeas, sometimes called black chickpeas in the UK. Kala chana is very high in nutrition value. It's bursting with flavor and healthy .In today lifestyle we are missing out in nutrition due to various reasons. Its  a great way to restore your nutrition. You can serve it a lunch and dinner . Try this Kala Chana recipe today and SHARE your experience with us.

Ingredients

• 250g kale chane/black chickpea (soaked over night)
• 2 tablespoon oil, butter or ghee
• 1 cup onion paste
• 1 cup tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon garlic paste
• 2-3 chopped green chilli
• 1 inch chopped ginger
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
• 1½ teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 teaspoon jeera (cumin)
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• Pinch of hing (asafoetida)
• Chopped coriander leaves
• Salt as per taste
• Coriander leaves, green chilli for garnish

Method

1. Boil chana and add ½ teaspoon salt in it.
2. Heat the oil and add green chilli and ginger. Sautee.
3. Add onion and garlic paste. Fry onion & garlic paste till its pink in color.
4. Add jeera and hing. Sautee.
5. Add tomato paste, turmeric, red chilli powder, coriander powder and salt .Mix masala till it release oil.
6. Add chana. Mix well and turn the flame off. 
7. Add garam masala and coriander leaves.  
8. Garnish it with coriander leaves and silted green chilli.

*For gravy add 1½ cup of water .

Serving suggestions:- Serve it with Roti ,Parantha or Plain Rice.

Share your experience with us and don’t forget to comment share and follow.

You can also try our Curd rice recipe ,Sooji | Rava | Semolina upma recipe and Sambar recipe.