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Chana masala recipe
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Chana masala recipe

20 ingredients 15 min + 25 min 4 people openrecipes

This protein-packed chickpea and sweet potato curry goes great with mango raita.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

859
Calories
20g
Protein
42g
Fat
110g
Carbs

Counts 15 of 19 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Chickpea 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained 134
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Red Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Ghee not in our table 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Seed 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

  • 4 ghee, butter, or sunflower oil
  • tbsp black mustard seeds
  • 1 medium red onions, diced
  • tsp garlic cloves, crushed
  • 2 cm piece ginger root, peeled and finely chopped
  • 4 fresh red chillies, finely chopped
  • 3 dried red chillies
  • 2 ground coriander
  • 2 ground cumin
  • 2 ground turmeric
  • tsp medium sweet potato, peeled and diced
  • 1 carrots, peeled and diced
  • tsp tinned chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 0.5 tomato purée
  • tsp cinnamon stick
  • 1 coconut milk
  • 3 garam masala
  • 800 red onion, thinly sliced
  • g chopped coriander
  • 3 lemon wedges

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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