Chana Ghassi
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Mangalorean
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Serves: 2
 
Chana Ghassi is a popular and authentic curry from the Mangalorean cuisine prepared using ground coconut and spices.
Ingredients
  • Chickpeas (Kabuli chana): 1 cup
  • Grated coconut: 1 cup ( You can increase if u want more gravy)
  • Red chillies: 5-6 (increase​ as per spiciness needed)
  • Tamarind: Marble sized ball
  • Fenugreek (Methi) Seeds : ¼ tsp
  • Mustard Seeds: 1 tsp
  • Curry Leaves: a few
  • Hing (Asafoetida): ¼ tsp
  • Salt: to taste
Instructions
  1. Soak chickpeas overnight. Pressure cook them with salt next day in a small pressure cooker.
  2. Grind grated coconut , tamarind, red chillies and methi seeds in a grinder.
  3. Add the ground paste to cooked chana and cook for sometime by adding more salt if needed. Once boiled, put off the flame.
  4. Heat oil in a tadka pan . Add hing and mustard seeds. When mustard seeds crackle add curry leaves and turn the flame off.
  5. Add the tadka to the cooked chana ghassi gravy and mix well. Serve with rice or chapati.
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/chana-ghassi/