This recipe uses canned chickpeas, onions, tomatoes, garlic paste, chana powder, lemon juice, black pepper, green chili, and ghee to make a quick channa masala. The ingredients are sautéed and simmered for 8-10 minutes before serving over rice or roti. While canned chickpeas make it a quick dish, dried chickpeas can also be used if soaked for 24 hours or boiled for 30 minutes.
This recipe uses canned chickpeas, onions, tomatoes, garlic paste, chana powder, lemon juice, black pepper, green chili, and ghee to make a quick channa masala. The ingredients are sautéed and simmered for 8-10 minutes before serving over rice or roti. While canned chickpeas make it a quick dish, dried chickpeas can also be used if soaked for 24 hours or boiled for 30 minutes.
This recipe uses canned chickpeas, onions, tomatoes, garlic paste, chana powder, lemon juice, black pepper, green chili, and ghee to make a quick channa masala. The ingredients are sautéed and simmered for 8-10 minutes before serving over rice or roti. While canned chickpeas make it a quick dish, dried chickpeas can also be used if soaked for 24 hours or boiled for 30 minutes.
1 small tomato (chopped) 1 teaspoon garlic paste 1 teaspoon chana powder (alternate: curry powder) ½ teaspoon lemon juice ½ teaspoon black pepper 1 green chilli 1 teaspoon ghee or butter Salt to taste PREPARATION 1 Heat ghee on medium heat in pan.Sauté onions until light golden brown. 2 Add garlic, pepper, chilli and chana powder. Stir for few minutes. 3 Add chickpeas, salt, lemon juice and tomato. 4 Simmer for 8-10 minutes on low heat. 5 Serve hot with rice or roti. NUMBER OF SERVINGS: QUICK CHANNA MASALA Canned chickpeas are used to make a quick chana masala. If canned chickpeas are not available or inferior in quality, soak chickpeas for at least 24 hours or boil half hour for quick results.