Chola (Chana Masala)
January 28th, 2007 filed under Dal (Lenthils), VeganChole also known as Chana Masala is a chickpea dish cooked in a spicy tomato gravy.
Serves 2 to 4.
Ingredients:
- 1 15 oz can of chickpeas (kable chana, Garbanzo beans)
- 3 tablespoons oil
- Pinch of asafetida (Hing)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 tablespoon gram flour (Besan)
- 1 large tomato
- 1 teaspoon ginger paste
- 1 teaspoon chopped green chilies
- 2 teaspoons coriander powder
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilly powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garam masala
- 1 teaspoon chopped cilantro (Green coriander)
- Thinly sliced tomatoes for garnish
Method
Drain the water out of the can of chickpeas and wash the chickpeas well.
Blend the tomatoes, green chilies and ginger to make a puree.
In a heavy saucepan, heat the oil. Add the hing and cumin seeds. After the cumin seeds crack, add the gram flour and stir-fry for a minute. Add the tomato puree, coriander powder, turmeric, red chilly powder and cook for about 4 minutes on medium heat. The mixture will start leaving the oil and will reduce to about half in quantity.
Add the chickpeas and a half cup of water and let it cook for 7 to 8 minutes on medium heat, covered. Press the chickpeas with a spatula so they soften. Add the garam masala and cilantro and mix. Let it cook for another minute.
Garnish with thin tomato slices.
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May 2nd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Tried this tonight for dinner for the first time and wow it was awesome! We served it over brown rice and cant wait to make it again!
Thanks Manjula for your wonderful and easy recipes my husband and I both appreciate them very much!
May 1st, 2008 at 12:19 pm
This is the first chole recipe I have actually liked. Delicious. I added more salt (which I hope doesn’t go against the spirit of the recipe), and had to leave out ginger because I’d run out, but I bet it’s even better with. I also added a whole chili pepper, because I had no green chiles (and because I didn’t read the recipe properly…Oops.) I was afraid it was going to be super-hot as a result, but it isn’t. Thank you, Mrs. Jain!
April 30th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
This dish is fantastic! I’ve tried some of your others and found them to be just wonderful as well. You’re truly a great cook and I especially like how organized you are in the kitchen, it makes learning from your videos all the more easy. Compliments to your web designer too, your site is so clean and easy to navigate. Plus, I really, really appreciate the fact that you don’t have advertisements on your web site. I hope you keep it that way. Thanks for taking the time to teach others how to cook, keep up the great work!
April 25th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Gram flour give thickness to gravey and I like the flavor.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Hello Manjulaji,
My son really likes to watch you cooking. Thank you for making such a great website, with live videos. My question is why do we need to add gram flour in this recipe.
Thanks again,
Jyoti.
April 19th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Hello,
Thank you very much for your instructional site. I just made the naan (turned out fantastic). Now I need to get a source for the different spices so I can try your other recipes.
God bless, and keep up the great work.
Joe
April 15th, 2008 at 4:55 am
This does look delicious and i have made it! I have noticed that there isn’t any garlic in many recipies! Is there areason for this?? I have always grated garlic and ginger together!
many thanks!
April 7th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
As the comments say above, this recipe is absolutely delicious. Absolutely wonderful taste. One of those meals you can prepare rather quickly with just a few ingredients, great if you’re in a hurry.
March 30th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I’ve made this recipe a couple of times now, and it is so delicious. It’s a real crowd pleaser! Thank you for sharing it and the very helpful video too. Great work!
March 27th, 2008 at 7:44 am
check the pajabi chola recipe.
March 27th, 2008 at 7:35 am
hi manjula ji
your recipe looks delicious. if we use kabuli chana then for how much time we should soak them and boil them.
could u give me the list of soaking time, and boiling time for all the dals, chola, rajma, khichadi, daliya etc.
i will be thankful to you
March 18th, 2008 at 5:41 am
This is my favorite meal when I go out to eat at Indian restaurants and now thanks to your website I can make it at home! This recipe is a little more “spiced” (not really spicey, but flavorful) than what I normally get and I love it. Thanks so much, great website! I’ll be stopping back often…
March 13th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
This recipe is delicious and so simple to make. I have tried other chana masala recipes that I have found online and this one is the best!