CHANA PALAK

Chole Masala, one of the most popular and favorite Indian dish all over the world. Chole also called as chick peas, chana, or garbanzo beans. But ,today i like to talk about a good and healthy combination of a vegetable(spinach/palak) and Legume/Dal (chick peas) i.e. chana palak.

Chana palak is one of the classical dish that is made using chick peas, palak and tomatoes. This is surely full of flavour and nutrients.Chole are a good source of protein, folic acid etc. It helps in lowering High BP and a low calorie food. And coming to spinach as we all know a very nutrient-dense leafy vegetable, a good source of iron, folate, fiber.
Serve this dish with chapatis/rice and raita to make it a balanced meal. How about getting all these good benefits from this great combination dish called Chana or chole palak.

Ingredients:

Chole/Chana/Chick peas/Garbanzo beans - 1 small can (15 oz).

Palak - 1 bunch.

Tomato - 1 chopped.

Onions - 1 medium size, chopped.
Turmeric - 1/2tsp.
Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1/2tsp.
Green Chillies - 2 or 3 slit longitudinally or chopped.
Chilly Powder - 1/2tsp.
Coriander (Dhaniya) Powder - 1 tsp.
Garam masala - 1/4tsp
Jeera/Jilkara - 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves - For flavour and garnish.
Oil - 1tbsp

Method:

Drain the chana from can, wash and keep aside.

Wash palak leaves, blanch in hot water for few sec. let it cool and puree it.

Add oil to pan, add jeera, then chopped onions. Fry until transparent, then add ginger garlic paste, turmeric, and chopped green chillies. Add chopped tomatoes, red chilly powder and coriander powder. Cook until tomatoes are soft and cooked. Next add the chana to it, then the palak puree. Mix properly, add required salt and cook until spices blend in. Finally add coriander leaves and sprinkle garam masala. Try it with hot chapatis / rotis.

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