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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Soak the black channa overnight in a large bowl with lots of water. | 2. The water level should be atleast 3 inches above the level of the black channa{chickpeas}. | 3. The next morning, drain out the water completely and wash the channa in a bowl of fresh and clean water. | 4. Now, put the washed channa in a large pot. | 5. Add water{should be 2-3 inches over the level of the chickpeas}. | 6. Boil the chickpeas on high heat. | 7. Heat oil in a pot. | 8. Add asafoetida, fenugreek, corriander, turmeric and red chilli powders with salt to taste. | 9. Mix well and stir-fry for a few seconds. | 10. Prepare tamarind water by dissolving a lemon-sized piece of tamarind in 1/2 cup of HOT water. | 11. Squeeze the tamarind ball really hard to let its juices flow into the water. | 12. Pass this through a strainer and into a bowl. | 13. Your tamarind water is ready. | 14. In a bowl, dissolve the gramflour in 3 tbsps. | 15. of water. | 16. Mix this really well ensuring that no lumps remain. | 17. Add this mixture and the tamarind water to the pot containing all the spice powders{masalas}. | 18. Stir well and bring to a boil. | 19. Lower flame, add the boiled chickpeas, dry mango powder and 2 1/2- 3 cups of water. | 20. Boil for 10-15 minutes on medium flame. | 21. Remove from flame. | 22. Serve hot over a bowl of white long-grain Basmati rice. | 23. Enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
black channa water chickpea	100	g	washed	89.0	0.0	19.8	0.5
canola oil	2	tablespoons		247.52	0.0	0.0	28.0
asafoetida powder	1/4	teaspoon		89.0	0.0	19.8	0.5
fenugreek	1/4	teaspoon	ground	2.9878	0.5397	0.2128	0.0593
coriander powder	1/2	teaspoon		2.682	0.4949	0.1113	0.1599
turmeric powder	1/2	teaspoon		89.0	0.0	19.8	0.5
red chili powder	1/2	teaspoon		89.0	0.0	19.8	0.5
salt				-	-	-	-
flour	1	tablespoon		36.1425	7.9128	0.5876	0.1402
tamarind juice	1/2	cup		71.535	18.4861	0.113	0.1506
water	2 1/2 - 3	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
mango powder	1	tablespoon		89.0	0.0	19.8	0.5

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.