Chana Masala Recipe or Chole

Here is a Chana Masala recipe that uses chick peas and a spicy tomato onion base. Best enjoyed with pooris or batura, this combo is a famous street food snack served across India. The chana masala recipe here makes use of a coriander-garlic-ginger paste which adds a beautiful flavor to this dish.

Chana Masala is also commonly known as chole masala or chollay. This chana masala recipe goes great with pooris, batura, roti or naan. I personally love it as an accompaniment with rice. Simple rice and curds meal and some chana masala and pickle – serves a a great comfort food for me In Goa it is commonly served with bread or pav. In fact I remember in my school days, chole bread was one of the most sought after snack on canteen menu.

Below is the step by step chana masala recipe with pictures.

Serves : 3
Preparation Time : 15 min
Cooking Time : 25 min

Ingredients:
Chickpeas (Kabuli Chana) : 1/2 cup (soaked overnight and boiled)
Onion : 1 (large) finely chopped
Tomatoes : 2 (medium) finely chopped
Potato : 1 (small) cut into cubes
Oil : 3 tsp
Coriander : 1/2 cup
Ginger : 2 cm
Garlic : 5-7 cloves
Green Chilli – 1-2
Chilli Powder : 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder : 1/4 tsp
Cumin Powder : 1/2 tsp
Coriander Powder : 1/2 tsp
Dry Mango Powder : 1/4 tsp
Salt : as per taste

Method of Preparation:

1. Grind together the coriander leaves, garlic, ginger and green chilli to a fine paste. Keep this paste aside.
2. Heat oil in a skillet. Add onion and fry till it turns translucent.
3. Add tomatoes and cook till the tomatoes turn soft. Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and salt to this and mix well. (You would have already added salt while boiling the chickpeas, so add only little salt here.)
4. Cook for another 3-4 minutes till it resembles a thick tomato onion paste.
5. Add the boiled chickpeas and the green paste and mix. (Keep aside any water in which the chickpeas were boiled. You may need to add it if you feel you need more gravy.)
6. Bring to a boil. Garnish with coriander or onion and serve hot.
   Tastes great with pooris, batura, roti, naan or bread.

You may also like to try our other vegetarian recipes like Mutter Paneer, Lehsuni Dahi Palak, Mixed Lentil Curry , Mixed Veggies Tonak( Goan speciality) etc…

Chana Masala recipe