Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, black chickpea/ chana chaat. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chana chaat recipe with step by step photos. Chana chaat is a tasty, tangy and easy chaat snack made from white chickpeas (chana or What makes a chaat different from salad is the addition of green chillies, black salt, chaat masala, onions and lemon juice. You can even add tamarind chutney.
Black chickpea/ chana chaat is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Black chickpea/ chana chaat is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook black chickpea/ chana chaat using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Black chickpea/ chana chaat:
- Make ready 1 cup kala chana (soaked 8 hrs)
- Get 1 tsp oil
- Get 1 tsp cumin seeds
- Prepare 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
- Get 1 tsp black salt
- Prepare As per taste Salt
- Prepare 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Take 1 tsp sugar (optional)
- Get 1 large onion (finely chopped)
- Prepare 1 large tomato (finely chopped)
- Prepare Some coriander leaves (finely chopped)
- Prepare 2-3 green chillies (finely chopped)
- Make ready As per taste Chaat masala
Simple and easy 'kala chana chaat' recipe famous in India and Pakistan. Black chickpeas (Kala Chana) is fully wrapped with healthy vitamins so it's a great idea to add in your daily diet plan. If you are dealing with stubborn body fat and weight issues then add this recipe in your lunch by skipping the oil. Chana chaat recipe - Protein packed, delicious and healthy chaat snack made with kabuli chana / chickpeas and simple ingredients.
Steps to make Black chickpea/ chana chaat:
- Take soaked chana in a bowl and wash it properly. In pressure cooker put chana, salt and water and take 1 whistle on high flame and 2 more on medium flame. Turn off the gas. Keep aside.
- When the pressure cooker is cool completely drain chana in a bowl.
- Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds, saute for a minute add turmeric powder and black salt. Now add black chickpeas in it. Mix well and cover it. Cook on medium heat for 5 -10 minutes. Stir it occasionally. Turn off the gas. Keep aside.
- Now add lemon juice, sugar, red chilli powder and roasted cumin powder in it. Mix well. Keep aside for a while.
- In a serving bowl put some tomatoes, onions and cooked chana. Sprinkle some chaat masala over it. Add green chilli and coriander leaves also.
- Enjoy this healthy snack without any guilt.
You can tweak this recipe however you like and make it to suit your taste buds. This chana chaat can be made using kabuli chana or kala channa as well. Black chickpeas in a chaat is totally foolproof win. Because you get proteins that are building blocks of your body, at the same time you get all the flavors and taste that I have special bond with chickpeas because any day you visit my house, you'll find a jar full of sprouted chickpeas in my refrigerator. Black chickpeas chaat is popularly available near the beaches and also the streets of Mumbai and is a perfect snack to be had during the monsoon seasons.
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