Chana Chilli Recipe
Chana Chilli Fry is an Indo-Chinese starter recipe. Kabuli chana can be made in various ways. Eating kabuli chana or chole , in this form of a chinese snack, is very tasty. Chana Chilli Fry is made by adding several types of sauces. It is an ideal party starter.
Ingredients
- ½ cup Kabuli Chana(Chole)
- ¾ cup Water
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Soya Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Tomato Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Chilli Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Capsicum, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoon Onion/Spring Onion Bulb, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoon Green Chili, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon Garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon Spring Onion Green Part, chopped
- 5-6 teaspoon Corn Flour
- ½ teaspoon Vinegar/Lemon Juice
- 1 tablespoon Butter
- Oil for frying
Instructions
Soaking of Kabuli Chana
- Soak kabuli chana overnight or for 7-8 hours. Wash the soaked kabuli chana 2-3 times with clean water.
- Pour ½ cup water in a cooker and add soaked kabuli chana with ½ teaspoon salt. Close the cooker lid and cook on high flame for 3-4 whistles.
- Allow the cooker to cool down.Filter water from the chana through a sieve.
- Pour chana in a big bowl.Sprinkle 2 teaspoon corn flour over the chana and mix with light hands.
- Again sprinkle 2 teaspoon cornflour over the chana and mix with light hands.
- The colour of the chana should be absolutely white in this process(as shown in the picture). If the quantity of cornflour seems less, add more quantity of cornflour to it.T
- To get a good taste, chana should be well coated in cornflour.
Frying Chana
- Heat oil in a pan on a high flame.Add only a little quantity of chana in the pan at one time as adding a large quantity of chana will lower the required heat of the oil and the chana will remain unfried from inside.
- Fry on high flame till chana becomes golden in colour .Keep it aside.
To prepare the Gravy
- Put a large pan on the gas and put oil and butter in it.Add grated ginger, garlic, and green chili.
- Put chopped capsicum and chopped white spring onion in the pan and saute them on a high flame.
- After 2 minutes, add soya sauce, tomato sauce, chili sauce, and vinegar(or lemon juice) in the specified quantity.Sprinkle salt, black pepper powder.
- Mix very well and cook till it becomes of thick consistency.Add ¼ cup water to this mixture.Ta
- Take ½ teaspoon cornflour in a bowl and make a slurry. Mix the slurry in the mixture.
- Cook this mixture for 2 minutes till a thick consistency is achieved.Switch off the flame and add chana to the mixture and mix well.
- Garnish with green spring onions. Serve chana chili hot.