Chana Chicken

Chana Chicken is a good option if you are bored with the usual chicken curry and want to have a slight change in flavor and taste. Chicken curry is cooked in a usual way and chickpeas are boiled separately. And then combined with chicken to give it a creamy texture.

Chana Chicken

Shanaz Rafiq

Chicken curry is cooked in a usual way and chickpeas are boiled separately. And then combined with chicken to give it a creamy texture.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Soaking Time 5 hours hrs

Total Time 6 hours hrs 15 minutes mins

Course Curry, Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 800 grams chicken
• 1 cup white chickpeas
• 1 onion
• 1 tablespoon ginger & garlic paste
• 2 tablespoon tomato puree
• 2 green chilies chopped
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 tablespoon red chili powder
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon chana masala powder
• ¼ teaspoon garam masala powder
• 3 tablespoon yogurt
• ¼ cup mint leaves
• ½ cup chopped coriander leaves
• 4 tablespoon of cooking oil
• Salt to taste

Instructions

 

For the cooked chickpeas

• Soak 1 cup chickpeas overnight and boil with salt and set aside. From this, we need only 1 cup cooked chickpeas, not more than that. The rest of the boiled chickpeas can be stored in the freezer for future use.

For the curry

• Heat oil in a saucepan and fry onion till light golden. Then add 1 tbsp ginger & garlic paste and fry for 1 minute.
• Add 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tbsp red chili powder, 1 tsp coriander powder, 1 tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp chana masala powder, and a little salt. Fry for 1 minute and then add 3 tbsp of yogurt and chicken pieces. Stir well, cover and cook chicken till it is fully done. Add a few drops of water if needed.
• Now add 2 tbsp of tomato puree and 1 cup of boiled chickpeas along with 1 cup of water in which the chickpeas were cooked.
• Add 1/4 tsp garam masala powder, green chilies, mint leaves and coriander leaves. Cover and cook on slow flame for 5 minutes.

To serve

• Serve the curry hot with roti or naan.

Keyword Chicken, Chicken Curry, Chickpeas

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