Chana Dal Curry
Chana Dal Curry

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, chana dal curry. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chana Dal Curry is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Chana Dal Curry is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chana dal curry using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chana Dal Curry:
  1. Get 1/2 cup chana dal (bengal gram)
  2. Make ready 1 1/2 cup water
  3. Take 1 boiled potato cut into chunks(optional)
  4. Make ready 2 tbsp oil
  5. Take 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  6. Get 1 onion chopped
  7. Take 1 green chilli chopped
  8. Make ready 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
  9. Make ready 1 tomato chopped
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
  11. Get To taste salt
  12. Take 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
  13. Prepare 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  14. Get 1/2 tsp cumin powder
  15. Get 1/2 tsp coriander powder
  16. Take 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
Steps to make Chana Dal Curry:
  1. Wash chana dal well and soak in water for 1-2 hours.
  2. Drain the water and transfer the chana dal to a pressure cooker with 1 1/2 cups of normal water and a pinch of salt. Pressure cook it for 3-4 whistles. When the pressure releases, open the lid.
  3. Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds. When they splutter add chopped onion and chopped green chilli. Saute until onion turns lightly golden. Add ginger-garlic paste and saute till the raw smell disappears. Next add chopped tomato, salt and chopped coriander leaves. Fry until tomato turns soft. Then add turmeric powder, chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and saute till oil separates.
  4. Now add the boiled chana dal with the leftover stock or water in the cooker. Add the boiled potato and mix everything well. If needed add little water to bring it to the desired consistency
  5. Lightly mash the dal with the ladle to get a thick consistency. Cook until the dal begins to bubble well. Then lower the heat and add garam masala powder. Cover and switch off the flame.
  6. Serve the chana dal curry hot garnished with onion rings and coriander leaves. This goes well with roti, phulka or rice.

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