Chana Palak Masala with Pomegranate

Chana masala is a famous side dish for Puri in this i have added Palak and Pomegranate.  Chana for  Protein, Palak for Iron,Pomegranates contains a variety of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. So we can get three healthy benefits from this recipe.

Chana Palak Masala with Pomegranate

Recipe Source: My Own

Severs: 4

Ingredients

Chana Palak with Pomegranate

White Chana – 200 gram

Palak – 1 cup

To Roast in a oil and Grind

Oil – 1tspn

Tomato – 2 nos

Curd – 2 tspn

Fennel seeds – 1 tspn

Onion – 2 nos

Green chilli – 2 nos

Pomegranate – 3 tspn

Garam masala pwd – ¼ tspn (cinnamon, cardamom, clove)

Sugar – 1 pinch

Red chilli pwd – ¼ tspn

Coriander pwd – ½ tspn

Salt – to taste

For tempering

Butter (or ) ghee – 1 tspn

Oil – 2  tspn

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tspn

For garnishing

Coriander ( cilantro) leaves – few

Method

1. Chop and wash the palak and ensure that there is no sand particles sticking to it,
2. While Strain the water .
3. Soak white chana over night , boil the chana (which was soaked in water over night)in a pressure cooker.
4. In  a wide pan add 1 tspn oil add  fennel seeds, chopped green chilli and leave it to sauté, then add add roughly  chopped tomato,  onion, palak, pomegranate cook 2 minutes and leave it to a cool. Then grind it to smooth paste.
5. Heat a vessel, add oil + butter, and add ginger garlic paste sauté about 2 minutes.
6. Add ground palak  masala paste and required amt of water, cook 5 minutes.
7. Add spice powders (chili, coriander, turmeric, salt cook for 5 minutes.
8. Cook until the raw smell goes off and add chana cook for 5 minutes. Finally add garam masala and sugar cook for 5 minutes.
9. Transfer it to a bowl and garnishing it with few cilantros.
10. Healthy Palak chana is very good side dish for puri, chappathi, roti naan, bread ,bun.

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