Jain Food Recipes

Jain Chole Chana Recipe

By avni Published: March 14, 2014

• Yield: 6 bowls (6 Servings)
• Prep: 10 mins
• Cook: 40 mins
• Ready In: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 500 gms Kabuli Chana
• 1 spoon Tea chai patti
• 1 spoon Anardana
• 10-15 pieces Black Kishmish
• 4-6 pieces Cloves lavang
• 3 pieces Cardamoms
• 6 pieces Kala Mari
• 2 spoons Jeera Powder
• 4 pieces Red Kashmiri Chilli
• 2-3 Tomatoes Big and Red
• 1 Lemon big juicy
• Black salt/sanchal powder
• Red chilli powder
• Turmeric Powder
• Butter/Ghee/Oil Butter preferable

Instructions

1. Soak the Kabuli Chana overnight in warm water
   
2. Mix the tea and anardana in a cloth bag and put it with the kabuli chana to soak
   
3. After 3 to 4 hrs put another cloth bag which includes cloves, cardamon, mari and black kishmish
   
4. Cook the chanas with the bags in the pressure cooker. Make sure they are cooked well
   
5. The color of the chanas will change. Squeeze the spices bag and pour the sqeezed liquid into the chanas. Now you can throw the bags
   
6. Put butter in a big non stick pan. Add tomatoes, jeera powder, red chilli powder into it and stir fry it
   
7. Smash little amounnt of chanas with the pav bhaji smasher and add it to the tadka
   
8. Add salt as per taste, sanchal powder and rest of the chanas
   
9. Boil for 2 minutes and close the gas. Serve it with rice/roti/paratha/Naan
   

• Cuisine: Indian
• Course: Side Dish
• Skill Level: Moderate