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Channa masala recipe
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Channa masala recipe

13 ingredients 10 min + 15 min 1 person openrecipes

This is a wonderful recipe to make when you want to cook cheaply but eat healthily. If you don't have the spices to hand then just add more garam masala powder to add more flavour.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

336
Calories
10g
Protein
17g
Fat
40g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chickpea 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained 134
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Seed not in our table 0
Asafoetida not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 vegetable oil
  • tbsp black mustard seeds
  • 0.25 cumin seeds
  • tsp pinch of asafoetida/hing (optional
  • 0.5 spring onion, finely sliced
  • tsp clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ginger, finely chopped
  • 1 green chilli, finely sliced (optional)
  • 1 small tomato, chopped
  • 0.5 garam masala powder
  • 1 cooked chickpeas, drained and washed if in brine
  • 1 fresh coriander, chopped
  • 1 salt, to taste

Directions

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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