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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Chickpea Masala

Laziness crepes into me as the winds starts to blow hard and the temperature forcefully drops low..Now I wud just love to crawl into the blanket and spend the whole winter there...but alas..with a bubbling son around is just difficult impossible...hmmm when there was enough of time for me to sleep during earlier days I sat and wasted it and now when I just want to sleep there is no time...Pathetic right? Anybody out there like me..
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Anyways todays recipe is a flavor packed spicy gravy made of chickpeas..It goes perfectly with dosas, chapathis,roti,appam,puttu etc..


Chickpea- 1 ½ cups
Ginger Garlic paste- 1 tbsp
onion- 1 medium(Chop in small pieces)
Tomato- 1 nd 1/2(Chop in small pieces)
Green Chili-1
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
Chili powder- ½ tsp
Meat Masala-1 nd 1/2 tbsp
Coriander powder- 1 tbsp
Salt, to taste
Oil-1 tbsp
Cilantro-2 tbsp(Chopped)






Method of Preparation:
1. Soak chickpea in water overnight or for min 4 to 5 hours.
2. Wash and cook the chickpea with required water in a pressure cooker for two whistle  on medium(in case of overnight soaking) or for about 3 to 4 whistles(4 hr soaking).
3. In a pan, heat oil,add sliced onion, green chilli ,ginger-garlic paste  and saute till onion becomes translucent.
4. Add all the spice powders and stir till the raw taste goes.
5. To this add tomatoes and mix well. Cook till tomatoes are soft.
6. Add cooked chickpea with about 1 nd 1/2 cup water from the pressure cooker to make medium thick gravy.
7. Close and cook for 10 to 15 minutes for flavors to be  absorbed by chickpea.Turn off heat.
8. Garnish with cilantro and serve hot with roti,chapathi,appam,puttu,idiyappam,parotta.








44 comments:

  1. Am hungry now!! love the chole and the table arrangement!!! well done!!
    Sowmya

    Ongoing Event - CWF - Whole Wheat Flour

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  2. Madly love this peas recipes....
    http://recipe-excavator.blogspot.com

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  3. Nice recipe..I love kabuli chana.

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  4. Adipoli aayittundu reshmi. . . . My favourite. . .Nice clicks too :-)

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  5. my fav with appom. lovely clicks..

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  6. wonderful recipe and so perfectly made. love this with ho fulka or puris.

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  7. wow! Very delicious looking Chickpea
    great-secret-of-life.blogspot.com

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  8. Looks yummy, nice addition of meat masala. Fantastic pics!

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  9. Delicious masala! Perfect with puris!!

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  10. delicious!!one of my favourites...

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  11. chickpeas is a staple in my kitchen, I usually stock up on the cans. masala looks yummy, I love it with plain bread :)

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  12. my all time fav with roti :).. adipoli!!

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  13. Very nice and yummy masala. Perfect pictures too

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  14. My fav :) and what beautiful clicks :) perfection is all i can say

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  15. wow very tempting masala,yum...

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  16. Lovely recipe Reshmi...beautiful clicks

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  17. Lip smacking ...lovely clicks too

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  18. Looks perfect and delicious love chickpeas masala.

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  19. Lov chickpeas a lot,lovely curry...

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  20. What a beautiful click, bright and clear..taste great with batura!!

    Saras
    Dish in 30 minutes event with give away

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  21. That looks absolutely delish! and it will taste so good with everything! Love that about chickpea masala :)

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  22. Delicious curry and lovely clicks!!

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  23. Such a lovely dish with roti/ puri..love the colour of the gravy!

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  24. Simply delicious gravy!! Meat masala im sure gives this more flavor & depth..

    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  25. I can have this fingerlicking masala with anything, beautiful presentation as ever Reshmi..Recipe Index rocks.

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  26. I too think the same way Reshmi, when i had time I simply wasted it and now no time to sleep at all..:) Lovely clicks dear. Just like a professional photographer..

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  27. That looks delicious. Give me some rotis and I can wipe these off clean!

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  28. hi reshmi, your pretty pics makes me want to try this masala. looks yummy. hope you also excel in your exams...have a nice day

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  29. Looks wonderful and tempting. Nice recipe.:)

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  30. Ohhh Great. I liked.

    Thanks

    Murat

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  31. Delicious and yummy chickpea masala..

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  32. Very well explained. nice clicks :)

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  33. my mouth is all watery :) :) great recipe!!

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  34. You have a very nice blog with some great recipes..Following from today:)

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