SPLIT YELLOW CHICKPEAS RECIPE (DAAL CHANNA Recipe)
The recipe I am going to share with you on this platform is one of my favorites because in Pakistan we usually cook lentils at home along with other combos. Usually we serve lentils with boiled rice. I am just a housewife and a mother of two adorable kids. I cook for my family and it gives me pleasure. I decided to share my simple recipe yet delicious and want you all to try it as well.
Soak it for two to three hours for better results.
Ingredients
2 cups Split yellow chickpeas (washed and drained)
2 Onions chopped
Tomatoes two to three medium sized
Half tsp Turmeric powder
Salt As per taste (I added 2 tsp)
Red chili powder one tsp
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp white cumin seeds (one of my favorite ingredients)
¼ tsp hot spices/Garam masala
For Garnishing: Fresh coriander leaves
Method:
Soak chana daal (Yellow lentils) for almost two to three hours before cooking. I usually prefer pressure cooker for cooking lentils like split yellow chickpeas, but if you don’t want to use it than you can boil it and then add it into the gravy that we will prepare afterwards.
Fry onion in three to four tbsp of oil or you can use butter for frying onions. Fry onions till golden brown and then add ginger garlic paste, all spices except hot spices as I always add hot spices in the end. After mixing well all the ingredients and when you see that gravy is well prepared and mixed well, add lentils into it and add two cups of water and pressure cook the lentils on medium flame. Cook for ten minutes after the first whistle of pressure cooker. It won’t take much time to cook as they were well soaked before. Ten minutes is enough time for Yellow chickpeas to be well cooked.
Finally, if you see that it is a bit dry and thick so you can add a little water, and if it is thin then simmers for few minutes to get a desired result and then add hot spices/ garam masala into it.
For garnishing I always use fresh coriander leaves.
As you can see in the picture, I served it with mix pickle and cucumber salad. I made mint drink as well so it would help in better digestion.
All content is mine as well as picture that have been taken from my own camera.
Hope you guys would like it and would give a positive feedback.
Please try and enjoy this yummy dish.