Recipe of Homemade Chana Chilli

Chana Chilli. Chana chilli is a spicy delicious Indian snack or side dish recipe prepared with Chickpeas, It is also one of my favourite time pass snack while binge-watching. Chana chilli is also one of the easy snack recipe which you can enjoy with your family and friends too. you can also enjoy this as side dish during lunch or dinner. I found the inspiration to this recipe in a very unexpected place - the Willingdon Gymkhana in Santa Cruz, Mumbai.

It is most commonly eaten as a lunch time appetizer in northern India. All of the ingredients can be purchased at your local market, and it's easy to make. Chana chilli masala is a delicious spicy and mildly sweet side dish for your Roti or rice. You can have Chana Chilli using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chana Chilli

1. Prepare 1 cup of Kabuli Chana.
2. Prepare 1 of Capsicum.
3. You need 1 of Tomato.
4. Prepare 4 of Spring onions.
5. You need 2 tbsp of Coriander leaves.
6. Prepare 4 of Green chilli.
7. You need 2 of Onion.
8. Prepare 1 tbsp of Red chilli sauce.
9. Prepare 1 tbsp or as required of Oil.
10. It's 4 of Garlic chopped.
11. It's 1 of Ginger chopped.

The cooked chick peas are coated with finger licking chilli onion gravy. Add green chilly and chilly sauce according to your spice tolerance. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Lot of chilli gravy and dipped are the chana is what we get chilli chana or chana chilli recipe.

Chana Chilli step by step

1. Wash & soak the chana for 2 hours. After 2 hours boil the chana with salt give 3 whistles. Strain & coat with cornflour..
2. Again coat chana with cornflour & red chilli powder. Deep-fry the chana. Fried chana is ready, keep it aside..
3. Cut the ingredients into small pieces. Heat a pan add 1tbsp oil put ginger, garlic, green chilli & chopped onion saute for 1-2 mint. Then add chopped capsicum & Spring onion saute for 1 mint. Add salt and mix it well..
4. Add chop tomato saute for 30 seconds. Add fried chana & coriander leaves mix it well. Now add a spoon of red chilli sauces mix it well..
5. Chana chilli is ready. Garnishing with chopped coriander leaves & chopped Spring onion serve it as a starter..

A Indian version of the Chinese food. Chinese have a typical use of chillies, ajino-moto, vinegar in their cuisine. Indians learnt the art of preparing food items the chinese way. Chilli Chana or Chana Chilli is one of them. Add soya sauce, chilly sauce, tomato sauce, vinegar, white pepper, ajnimoto and mix well.