Recipe: Yummy Chana daal curry

Recipe: Yummy Chana daal curry Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Chana daal curry. Chana dhal is such a popular side dish at UK curry houses. It's also quite good served on its own. The first time I made a really good chana dhal, I was visiting Prashad in Bradford, the award winning vegetarian Indian restaurant.

Punjabi chana dal recipe, just like my mom made growing up!

This hearty, protein-packed, comforting dal is made with split bengal gram, onion, tomato, and few Indian spices.

It's easy to make and perfect for healthy dinner when served with rice.

You can cook Chana daal curry using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chana daal curry

1. Prepare 1 of medium size bottle guard (lauki).

2. You need 1 cup of chana daal.

3. You need 1 of medium size onion (chopped in small pcs).

4. Prepare 4 of garlic buds (chopped in small pcs).

5. It’s 1 of " ginger pc (chopped in small pcs).

6. You need 4-5 of green chilli (chopped in small pcs).

7. Prepare 1 of medium size tomato (cut in med size).

8. You need 1 cup of chopped cilantro leaves.

9. You need of Spices: 1 pinch garam masala powder.

10. You need 1 of bay leaf, 1 black big cardamom, 2 cloves.

11. It’s of Cumin seeds, heeng.

12. You need 1/2 tb of spoon red chilli powder.

13. Prepare 1 tb of spn turmeric powder.

14. It’s 1 tb of spn coriender powder.

15. You need 1 tb of spoon sabzi masala powder.

16. It’s of Salt as per taste.

17. Prepare 2 tb of spoon desi ghee.

18. Prepare of Cooking oil.

Chana dal is a delicious, comforting, simple curry dish inspired by the traditional dal found in Indian and Pakistani dishes.

The taste of dal differs by region, but the inspiration for this particular dish hails from the Indian subcontinent. "Chana" is chickpeas, and "dal" is split lentils, peas, or chickpeas.

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A low fat, gluten-free (don't add asafoetida) and vegan dish.

Chana daal curry step by step

1. Boil the chana daal and lauki in a cooker (add 1 pinch turmeric powder n 2 tb spn salt as per ur taste) for half an hour (medium flame).

2. In a pan take some cooking oil. In hot oil put bay leaf, black cardamom, cloves. Add cumin seeds and heeng.

3. Add chopped ginger garlic. Do not fry it much. Add chopped onion and green chilli. When it becomes golden brown add 2 tb spn desi ghee and sliced tomato and all spices (powder) and salt as per ur taste and fry it till all the tomatoes become soft..

4. Once masala fries well then add boiled chana daal and lauki and cook for 10 mins in med flame. In the end add chopped coriender leaves. Chana daal curry is ready..

Chana Dal is usually used as lentil curry in North India and for tempering in South India..

Chana Dal takes a bit longer to cook compared to other split lentils such as Toor Dal or Moong Dal.

Although they will cook just as well with a few extra minutes in the instant pot.

Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer with the lid partially covered.

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