Long - time admirer, first - time commenter: I'm another lover
of chana dal for hummus, as it cooks faster than chickpeas and is already peeled.
Here is my Special Recipe
of Chana Dal.
Learn Easy Indian Chana Dal Recipe Step by Step Here is my Special Recipe
of Chana Dal.
Not exact matches
The filling is usually made with
chana dal or split Bengal gram and grated jaggery, a kind
of unrefined cane sugar which has a deeper flavor than regular sugar.
Lauki ki sabji or lauki
chana dal ki sabzi is a veg curry made using bottle gourd commonly called as lauki / doodhi and in some parts
of India it is also called as kaddu.
Shami kebabs are made with an abundance
of fabulous spices, meat (beef, goat, lamb or chicken) and
chana dal (dried garbanzo beans).
I used
chana dal instead
of yellow split peas, since that's what I had on hand, and I sauteed a few leeks with the onions as well.
In the comment section, though, it turned out it was actually a Five Lentil Stew that she had modified... and I had 4/5
of the beans: red lentil,
chana dal, mung
dal and toor
dal.
1/4 cup + 1 tbsp red lentils 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp
chana dal 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp moong
dal (hulled, split mung beans) 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp toor
dal (split pigeon peas) 5 cups
of water 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 1/4 tsp Aleppo chili flakes, or to taste (this was not spicy) 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 large onion, chopped 1 tablespoon minced or pressed garlic (6 cloves) 1 teaspoon cumin seed 1 teaspoon garam masala 2 large tomatoes, chopped (I used 14 cocktail tomatoes, around 1 lb) 3/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
a handful
of roasted split chickpeas (
Chana dal) or as a replacement use a handful or roasted peanuts
Then
of course there's kala
chana, toor
dal, mung beans, adzuki beans... okay.
There are a few different versions
of this stew and I make a couple
of different varieties, here's one
of them that is a little more traditional with
chana dal (split yellow pigeon peas - from the chickpea family).
Grind the corn kernels (1 cup) and the soaked and drained
chana dal, green chilies and ginger to a coarse paste adding about 1 - 2 tbsps
of water.
Another advantage
of using
chana dal is that the desi chick pea is lower glycemic than the «regular» chick pea.