Chana dal curry for chapathy / poori

Chana dal curry is a very simple and tasty curry which goes well with chapathy and poori. Being lot of carbohydrate in chana dal, i am adding ginger, garlic for digestion. Most of the restaurants, this curry will be available in the name of Dal fry. It is very famous north Indian recipe. 

Health benefits :

Chana dal or Bengal gram dal is very useful to diet for weight loss. It is having Vitamins, minerals like, copper, magnesium etc. We can strongly  recommend for diabetic patents. Chana dal is helps to reduce the cholesterol. It is low in fat and rich in fiber, calcium and protein.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	5 Mins
Cooking time	:	20 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Chana dal	:	100 Gm
Oil	:	2 Tsp
Fennel seeds	:	1 Tsp
Onion	:	1 No
Ginger chopped	:	1 Tsp
Garlic chopped	:	2 Tsp
Tomato	:	1 No
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Coriander powder	:	1 Tsp
Curry leaves	:	Few
Coriander leaves	:	To garnish
Salt	:	To taste

Method :

Rinse the chana dal and pressure cook by leaving 3-4 whistles with adding salt. Heat oil in a pan, add fennel seeds. Add nicely chopped onion and saute well. Add chopped ginger, garlic, curry leaves.

Add chopped tomatoes and saute well. Add cooked chana dal. We can smash the dal brfore adding.

Add masala powders , little water and cook till the raw smell goes.

After the curry became thick, transfer to the serving dish and garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with chapathy and poori.

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