Published: by Absolutely Recipes, in the Indian recipes category.

Chana Palak Recipe.

Ingredients:

2 Cups kabuli channa (3/4 cup dried chickpeas)
3 to 4 cups palak or 2 cups finely chopped
2 to 4 green chilies (adjust to taste)
1 inch ginger (divided 1/2 + 1/2)
2 tbsps oil (divided)
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 green cardamoms
3/4 to 1 tsp garam masala (adjust to taste)
1 tsp coriander powder
1 pinch hing (asafoetida, optional)
1/2 tsp turmeric
3/4 to 1 tsp amchur (adjust to taste)
1 to 2 tbsps lemon juice for serving

Recipe Instructions:

Wash and soak chickpeas in lot of water for at least 6 to 8 hours
add them to a pot or pressure cooker.
Cook until tender.
If cooking in instant pot, cook them with 1 cup water for 16 mins and let the pressure release naturally.
Heat a pan with 1 tbsp oil and saute ginger, garlic & green chilies until aromatic for a minute.
Add spinach and saute for 4 to 5 mins until completely wilted and the raw smell has disappeared.
Cool this.
To a blender jar, add 1/3 to 1/2 cup of boiled chickpeas,spinach and half of the stock left after cooking chickpeas.
Grind them to smooth puree and keep aside.
Add oil to a pan and heat up.
Throw in cumin, cardamoms and ginger.
Fry till the ginger turns aromatic, add hing
add left over chickpeas and any leftover stock, amchur, turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala powder and salt.
Cover and simmer for 5 minutes
add pureed palak chole and cook until the gravy turns thick and aromatic for a few minutes.
Taste test and add more salt and garam masala if required.
Squeeze lemon juice before serving.
Serve hot chana palak with rice or chapathi

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