37 Vegetarian Indian Recipes for Warming Dal, Creamy Paneer, and Crunchy Chaat. Cozy meatless dinners and crispy party snacks galore. By The Editors of Epicurious. …
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This recipe yields chana dal vada that comes very close to the ones served in south Indian street stalls and restaurants. 1. Wash 1 cup chana dal several times until water runs clear. Soak it in water for 2 hours. Drain off and set aside. Make sure there is no water in the dal. Do not over soak.
Preparation for masala vada Soak washed chana dal in good amount of water for 1½ hours. Drain completely to a colander. Powder cinnamon, red chili, jeera and saunf coarsely. Set this aside along with 2 tbsp. dal. Pulse soaked dal, salt coarsely, transfer to a bowl. Add mint, curry leaves, onion, masala powder, green chilies and ginger garlic paste.
Chana masala or chole masala is one of the basic Indian curry recipes like chicken curry, mung bean coconut curry and spinach dal. It is an Indian chickpea curry made of chickpeas (chole or chana) in gravy (or masala) with delicious aromatic spices.
Almost every state or region in India has a popular dish made with chana dal. The South Indian masala vadas, Gujarati chana dal dhokla, North Indian dhaba style chana dal tadka, Maharastrian puran poli, Sindhi dal pakwan are all immensely popular dishes made with Bengal gram.