Black chana dry

Source : After Rinsing Black Chickpeas In Water For A Few Times Soak In 2 Cups Water Overnight Or For 7 To 8 Hoursnext Morning In Pressure Cooker Take Soaked C...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : June 21, 2026

Step:

  1. After rinsing black chickpeas in water for a few times, soak in 2 cups water overnight or for 7 to 8 hours

  2. Next morning in pressure cooker, take soaked chana and add salt to it. Close the lid of the cooker and let chana boil for 15-20 min on low flame

  3. Now in a wok take ghee, add whole cumin seeds, when they splutter -add Turmeric powder, red chilli powder and coriander powder

  4. Stir it and add dry mango powder and Garam Masala powder to it, mix well(do this step on low flame so that masala shouldnt get burnt)
    Now add boiled chana(strain and reserve water)
    Mix nicely so that all the masala gets coated well on the chana

  5. Stir and saute the mixture very well for a minute or two.

  6. Add 1/2 cup of reserved water to enable masala to coat Chana and prevent from burning

  7. Once done switch off the gas and garnish with Green coriander leaves

  8. Serve kala chana with pooris and sooji halwa. you can also garnish dry kala chana with coriander leaves and then serve.


Ingredients

  1. 1 cup kala chana (black chickpeas) - soaked overnight
  2. 11/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
  3. 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
  4. 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
  5. 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
  6. 2 tablespoon ghee
  7. 1/2 teaspoon dry mango powder
  8. 1.5 teaspoon coriander powder
  9. 2.5 cups water for soaking the kala chana
  10. To taste salt

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