Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, chana dal & roti. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chana dal recipe - Delicious, spicy and healthy chana dal that goes well with rice or roti. Bengal gram or split skinned chickpeas are known as chana dal in Indian language. It is used in various Indian recipes - to make a dal curry, halwa, kheer, vada, pulao, masala powders.
Chana dal & roti is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chana dal & roti is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have chana dal & roti using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chana dal & roti:
- Take 2 Cups overnight soaked Chana daal/cholar daal
- Make ready 1 potato optional, cut into cubes
- Take 1 tablespoon ginger paste
- Make ready 2 pieces green chillies
- Take 1 tablespoon cumin powder/paste
- Prepare 1 tablespoon haldi powder
- Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Make ready 1 teaspoon kashmir lal mirch / red chilli powder
- Get 8 pieces kaju / cashew nuts
- Take 10 pieces kismis / raisin
- Get To taste Salt & sugar according
- Get 1 bay leaf
- Make ready 1 daruchini stick
- Get 3 green elaichi / cardamom
- Get 2 cloves
- Get As required Coconut shredded or cube pieces optional
- Prepare 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
- Prepare As required Refine oil for cooking
- Prepare As required Water for cooking
While the chana dal is soaking, I make a masala of tomatoes and onions in the pot. Saying 'Bengal gram dal' refers to the product, not the chick pea itself. While 'gram' is a collective term for grain legumes, similarly 'dal. Punjabi chana dal recipe, just like my mom made growing up!
Steps to make Chana dal & roti:
- In a pressure cooker pour soaked dal with one green chilli & boil it till 3 whistles. After that drain water & keep aside.
- In a kadai heat oil to fry kaju & kismis. Take it out & keep in a bowl aside. Now in the same oil add whole garam masala with bay leaf.
- Add cumin seeds in the oil then add boiled daal & saute it for few minutes. (Those who want to add potato & coconut now add them & fry little don't make golden brown).
- Add salt, sugar, ginger paste, Kashmiri Lal mirch powder, green chilli, cumin powder & mix it well.
- Add adequate amount of water & let it boil add fried kaju & kismis, when gravy becomes thick add garam masala powder.
- Serve it puri, roti & paratha. I have served it with roti.
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. Chana and chana dal are considered to be staples in India, which can be used in interesting ways to make a range of regional delicacies. Chana dal is particularly popular in Eastern India, being a much-loved ingredient in Bengali cuisine. Chana dal and luchi are often relished as breakfast, or during puja functions.
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