Channa Kurma South Indian Style
Pressure-cooked white chickpeas (kabuli chana / kondakadalai) simmered in a South Indian coconut-onion-tomato masala fragrant with cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, fennel and pepper, finished with a touch of lemon juice. Served with poori or roti.
Ingredients
- Water — 4 cup (whole)
- black pepper — 2.75 g (ground)
- oil — 2 tbsp (whole)
- Ginger — 10 g (chopped)
- cumin — 1 tsp (ground)
- Cloves — 1 tsp (ground)
- chana masala powder — 2 tbsp (ground)
- Lemon — 1 piece (chopped)
- cinnamon stick — 1 inch (ground)
- salt — 1 tsp (whole)
- Chickpeas — 250 g (soaked overnight)
- Black Cardamom — 1 piece (ground)
- onion — 150 g (chopped)
- Coconut — 1 cup (chopped)
- Fennel Seeds — 2.75 g (ground)
- Garlic — 3 piece (chopped)
- Turmeric Powder — 1 piece (ground)
- Tomato — 200 g (chopped)
Method
- Firstly, put 1½ cups chole, 4 cups water, 1 tsp salt, and a pinch of baking soda in a pressure cooker.
- Pressure cook for 5 whistles or until the chole is cooked well. Keep aside.
- To prepare the masala paste, heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. Add 1 tsp fennel, 1 black cardamom, 1 inch cinnamon, 1 tsp pepper, and 1 tsp cloves.
- Saute on a low flame till the spices turn aromatic.
- Add 1 onion, 1 inch ginger, 3 clove garlic and saute well.
- Also, add 1 tomato and cook till the tomato softens.
- Further add 1 cup of coconut and cook till the coconut turns golden brown.
- Cool completely, and transfer to the mixer jar. Add 1 ladleful of boiled chole and water.
- Blend to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
- In a large kadai, heat 2 tbsp oil and saute 1 tsp cumin.
- Saute 1 onion till it turns golden brown.
- Keeping the flame on low, add ½ tsp turmeric, 1 tbsp chilli powder, 2 tbsp chana masala and saute till the masala turns aromatic.
- Further add 1 tomato and saute well.
- Now add prepared masala paste and cook well till the oil separates.
- Also add boiled chole, 1 tsp salt and mix well, adjusting the consistency.
- Simmer for 10 minutes, or until the chole absorbs all the flavour.
- Add in 2 tbsp coriander, ½ lemon and mix well.
- Finally, enjoy Chana Kurma Recipe with poori and roti.
Common questions
- Channa Kurma South Indian Style ko English mein kya kehte hain?
- चना कुर्मा - दक्षिण भारतीय शैली ko English mein Channa Kurma South Indian Style likhte hain.
- Ek plate Channa Kurma South Indian Style mein kitni calories hoti hain?
- 432 kcal per plate.
- Kitna time lagta hai?
- 40 min lagta hai — 10 min taiyari, 30 min pakana.