Channa Dhal Curry

Channa Dhal Curry is a main course recipe were channa dhal balls are cooked along with tamarind juice. I'm sure you will definitely like this recipe.  Let's see the process for channa dhal curry.

Channa Dhal Curry

Ingredients: Serve - 4

• Channa dhal – 1glass
• Tamarind juice – 2 glass
• Fennel seeds – 1tspn
• Garlic -  5 pieces
• Ginger – small piece
• Green chilly – 6
• Onion – 2 (medium size)
• Tomato – 2 (medium size)
• Oil - 8tspn
• Mustard seeds – 1/2tspn
• Urad dhal – 1/2tspn
• Curry leaves – as required
• Coriander leaves – as required
• Salt – 2tspn (adjust to taste)
• Turmeric powder – 1/4tspn
•  Red chilly powder – 4tspn

The following picture shows the step by step process for Channa Dhal Curry:

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Method:

1. Wash and soak channa dhal for 1 hour (figure 1)
2. In a mixer, add green chillies, garlic pieces, ginger pieces, 1/2tspn fennel seeds and grind them soft paste as shown in figure 3. (figure 2 & 3)
3. In a mixer add channa dhal make little rough paste by adding very little amount of water.(figure 4)
4. In a mixing bowl add chilly paste which has been prepared in step 2, channa paste , 1 onion piece, chopped curry-coriander leaves, 1tspn salt and mix well. (figure 5)
5. Take 2 glass of tamarind juice, add 1/2 tomato and mash it. (figure 6 & 7)
6. In tamarind juice add red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix well. Taste the juice and if you feel like the taste is not as expected then add necessary ingredients to suit your taste and mix well. (figure 8)
7. Take wide mouth pan, heat oil in medium flame, add 1/2tspn mustard seeds wait for crackle and then add 1/2tspn urad dhal, 1/2tspn fennel seeds, few curry leaves. Saute for few seconds.
8. Add remaining onion and saute until onions become soft. (figure 9)
9. Add tomato and saute until tomatoes are smashed. (figure 10)
10. Add Tamarind juice which is prepared in step 6 and mix well. Close with lid and cook until tamarind juice become thick, which takes 10 - 15 minutes.(figure 11 & 12)
11. Mean while make channa dhal paste into equal small balls.
12. After tamarind juice become thick then add channa dhal balls. Close with lid and cook for 10 minutes or until channa dhal balls are cooked well in medium flame. (figure 13 & 14)
13. Garnish with coriander leaves. (figure 15)

Channa Dhal Curry is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step3, make channa dhal paste little rough not in smooth by adding little water.