Dassana's Veg Recipes· by Dassana Amit★ 4.9 (145)

Chana Dal Recipe (Punjabi Style)

Name: Chana Dal Recipe (Punjabi Style)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 1 cup or 200 grams chana dal ((split bengal gram dal or split & hulled black chickpeas)); 2.5 to 3 cups water (for stovetop pressure cooking and 2 to 2.5 cups water for Instant Pot cooking); ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder; 3 tablespoons oil (or ghee (clarified butter)); 1 teaspoon cumin seeds; 2 teaspoons or 4 to 5 medium sized garlic (– finely chopped); ½ cup onions (– finely chopped ); 1 cup or 2 medium sized tomatoes (– finely chopped); ½ to 1 teaspoon or 1 inch ginger (– finely chopped); ½ teaspoon or 1 green chilli (– chopped, can use serrano pepper instead); ½ teaspoon red chili powder; ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder ((ground turmeric)); ½ teaspoon garam masala; ½ teaspoon dry mango powder ((amchur powder) or add as required * check point 4 in notes below); 1 pinch asafoetida ((hing), optional); 1 teaspoon coriander powder ((ground coriander)); 1 teaspoon dry fenugreek leaves ((kasuri methi), crushed, optional); salt (– chopped, as required); 1 to 2 tablespoons coriander leaves ( (cilantro))

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 1h 30m total

Servings

Calories

15% of a 2,000 cal day

301KCAL

Protein

12g24% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat13g

16%

Saturated3g

17%

Unsaturated9g

—

Total Carbs36g

13%

Fiber11g

38%

Total Sugars8g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch17g

—

Sodium282mg

12%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A Punjabi-style lentil curry with Bengal gram dal, onions, tomatoes, and warm spices. Serve with flatbread or rice.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

200 gchana dal — split, hulled, 1 cup
2½–3 cupswater for stovetop pressure cooking — or water for Instant Pot cooking
¼ tspturmeric powder — powdered
3 tbspoil — or ghee (clarified butter)
1 tspcumin seeds
2 tspgarlic — medium-sized, finely chopped, 4–5
½ cuponions — finely chopped
1 cuptomatoes — finely chopped, or medium-sized tomatoes
½–1 tspginger — finely chopped, 1 inch
½ tspgreen chilli — 1, or serrano pepper
½ tspred chili powder
¼ tspturmeric powder (ground turmeric)
½ tspgaram masala
½ tspdry mango powder (amchur powder) — powdered
1 pinchasafoetida (hing) — optional
1 tspcoriander powder (ground coriander)
1 tspdry fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi) — dried, crushed, optional
salt — as needed
1–2 tbspcoriander leaves (cilantro)

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Method

1h 30m total

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