Black Chana Masala with Bhatura

Preparation Time : 15 Mins
Soaking TIme : 12 Hours
Cooking Time  25 Mins
Serves : 3-4

This Yummy Black Chana Masala is best served with Bhatura (Recipe Here)

Ingredients

• 1 cup Black chana
• 1 tsp chopped coriander green
• 2 tsp oil
• 1 tsp meat masala(MDH)/garam masala
• 2 tsp chopped garlic
• 1 tsp chopped ginger
• 2 green chilli
• 3 tomatoes
• 2 onions
• Salt to taste

Method

• Soak the chana overnight
• Boil it in a pressure cooker using 4 cup water and while boiling add 1/2 tsp salt to it.
• Take 3-4 whistles only.
• In a kadai add oil , when hot add chopped ginger,garlic, green chilli and grinded onion
• When onion is golden add tomato puree, meat masala/garam masala and saute it till oil is coming out, add salt and boiled chana and cook it for atleast 5-8 minutes, switch off the gas , add chopped green coriander.
• Ready to serve.

Kacche Kele Ki Sabzi / Kacche Kele ki Bhujia

Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 raw banana/ kacche kele
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 cup grated onions
• 1 tsp finely chopped ginger
• 1 tsp finely chopped garlic
• 1 cup grated tomatoes
• 2 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1/4 tsp garam masala
• 2-3 green chillies-slit
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
• salt to taste

Method

• Peel the raw banana and cut it into pieces.
• Deep fry the pieces of raw banana and keep them aside.
• In a howk or kadai add oil, when warm add cumin, when crackled add ginger, garlic and onions.
• When they are golden add tomatoes , coriander powder,chili, salt, green chilli, garam masala and cook it till oil is coming out of them , now add fried raw banana and mix properly, cook for 3-4 minutes and cover it .
• After 2 min garnish it with chopped coriander green.
• Ready to serve.

Bharwa Gilki / Turai/ Sponge Gourd

Recipe

Ingredients

• 250 Grams Gilki(Sponge Gourd)
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds(Jeera)
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• ¾ tsp chilli powder
• ½ tsp tumeric powder
• 50 Grams roasted peanut powder
• ½ tsp Garlic Paste
• Salt to taste

Method

• Peel off Gilki and cut them into 2 or 3 pieces.Slit them into middle.
• Mix all ingredients except and fill this mixture into Gilki.
• Heat oil in the pan.
• Add jeera and put all the pieces of Gilki.
• Fry them for few minutes on high flame.Then cook it on low flame.
• Cover with a lid.
• After 5 min the pieces will become tender.


Ready to Serve

North Indian Style Punjabi Chole

Recipe

Ingredients

• 250 gms kabuli chana (white chick peas)
• 1 onion, chopped
• Medium sized potato, steamed and finely chopped
• 2 tomatoes, finely chopped
• 5 cloves of garlic (lehsun), finely chopped
• 1 ginger (adrak), finely chopped
• 3 green chillies, chopped
• 1 cup washed and finely chopped coriander (dhania)
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp chilly powder
• 1 tsp coriander (dhania) powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder (haldi)
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1/2 tsp black pepper (kalimirch) powder
• 1 tsp dried mango powder (amchur)
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon (dalchini) powder

Method 

• Wash and soak kabuli chana  in 500 ml water, overnight.
• Cook both together in the same water till they become soft.
• Heat oil in a pan add the onion, ginger, garlic, chillies and all the spices and stir for 5 mins.
• Add the kabuli chana and  water.
• Add potato, tomato and the lime juice to it. cook till the water evaporates and you get a thick gravy.
• Garnish with chopped coriander.

Gongura Pachadi / Gongura Chutney / Andhra Special

Recipe

Ingredients

• 30 gongura leaves( as the flavor of gongura is sour so 30 leaves of it will bring the sourness which we want)
• 6 red chilli stick dry
• 2 tsp dry coriander seeds
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 6 curry leaves/methi neem/kadi patta
• 1 onion
• 10 garlic cloves
• 2 tsp oil
• 2 tsp chopped green coriander leaves
• 10 seeds of methi dana
• 1/2 tsp urad dal
• Salt according to taste

Method

• Boil the gongura leaves.
• On the tawa/ kadai/howk roast the 3 tsp coriander seeds,5 red chili stick dry, mustard seeds and grind them.
• Grind together gongura leaves, roasted coriander seeds, coriander green, mustard seeds, green chilli, salt and sugar.
• Heat oil in pan , when hot break the red chili stick and put red chilli stick ,urad dal, methi dana/seeds,curry leaves, 1 tsp coriander seeds, garlic cloves then put chopped onions only for 15-20 seconds then add the gongura paste and switch off the gas.
• Your Gongura chutney is ready to eat.

Malai Chilli/Pepper Cream

Specialty of this dish is that it is cooked within 2-3 minutes and total time needed is 5 minutes for entire recipe, plus very less ingredients are needed and that too all are present in your house without extra effort is required , yet the dish comes out to be yummy and delicious it is an instant cooking recipe, requires very less time. To make the dish more interesting and colourful use different colour capsicums/peppers.

Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 capsicum sliced
• 2 onions sliced
• 1 sliced tomato
• 4 tsp malai/ cream
• 2 sliced green chilli
• 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
• 1 tsp black pepper powder
• 1 tsp oil
• Salt according to taste

Method

• Heat the kadai/pan , add oil then add onions ,capsicum and green chilli together,saute them.
• After 3 minutes just add sliced tomato, cook for 1 minute.
• Then add malai/cream, salt and black pepper powder, cook for 1 minute.
• Your chilli cream/ malai chilli is ready to serve.