Chicken Chana Dal Masala
Chicken Chana Dal Masala

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chicken chana dal masala. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

The masala is very simple and pretty standard. The tempering adds to the flavour and intensifies it. This is the Chana Dal I use in this recipe.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chicken chana dal masala using 25 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Chana Dal Masala:
  1. Make ready 300 gms boneless chicken breast
  2. Take 1 cup Chana (Split Chicpeas/Bengal Gram)Dal
  3. Get 1 big onion sliced finely
  4. Prepare 1 tbsp sliced capsicum
  5. Take 1 tbsp ginger paste
  6. Get 1 tsp garlic paste
  7. Prepare 1 tsp fennel seed powder
  8. Take 1 tsp kitchen king masala
  9. Take 3 tbsp homemade tomato puree
  10. Take 1 tbsp curd
  11. Take 1 tsp turmeric powder
  12. Take 1 tsp red chilli powder
  13. Get To taste salt
  14. Make ready 1/2 tsp sugar (optional)
  15. Prepare 2 green cardamoms
  16. Get 1 small stick cinnanon
  17. Get 4-5 cloves
  18. Get 5-6 whole black pepper
  19. Get 2 dry red chillies
  20. Make ready 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
  21. Make ready 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
  22. Make ready 1 tsp kasoori methi
  23. Get 1 tbsp coriander chopped
  24. Make ready 3 tbsp refined oil
  25. Make ready 1 (5 tsp) ghee

Allow the pressure of the cooker to be released naturally. Open cooker lid once pressure has been release, mix well. Completely dry the soaked chana dal on paper towel. Heat oil in a pan and add chana dal and deep fry later transfer into paper towel.

Steps to make Chicken Chana Dal Masala:
  1. Soak chana dal for an hour in warm water.Pressure cook chicken with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4th cup water upto 1 whistle.Open lid.Set aside alongwith stock.Pressure cook dal with little turmeric, salt and 1 tsp ghee upto 3 whistles.Open lid.Dal should be just done and not mushy.Heat oil and deep fry onion till crispy brown.Set aside.
  2. In 2 tbsp oil lightly fry the boneless chicken pieces.Curry cut chicken with bones may also be used.In remaining oil fry dry red chillies and set aside.Sprinkle cumin,whole black pepper,bay leaves and half crushed whole garam masala.When they crackle,add ginger garlic paste,half of fried onion, tomato puree,curd,dry masalas,kasoori methi,salt and sugar to taste.Fry till oil leaves sides.
  3. Add chicken pieces and toss.Then add boiled dal and all the remaining stock and boil.Add sliced capsicum.Adjust gravy according to need.Garnish with chopped coriander,rest of fried onion and dry red chillies.Serve hot with tandoori roti,naan,paratha or jeera rice.

Take a bowl and add fried chana dal, black salt, red chili powder, chaat masala and mix it. Now the masala chana dal is ready to serve. Add chili powder, crushed red pepper,coriander, white cumin, brown onion, tomato paste and yogurt. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. As one of the most popular dishes in the world, both in and out of India and Pakistan, channa masala (or chana masala, chole masala, or chholay)—chickpeas cooked in a spicy and tangy tomato-based sauce—is the kind of dish that stirs passions in the recipe-writing community.

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