Chana Masala

Chana masala or chole masala is a popular vegetable dish of Indian and Pakistani cuisine. It consists mainly of chickpeas, is quite dry, sharp and has a slight citrus note. You can find this dish in the whole South Asian region, and it is especially popular in India and Pakistan.

Ingredients

In addition, the court typically includes chickpeas onions, chopped tomatoes, coriander seeds, garlic, chili, ginger, dried mango powder, pomegranate seeds and garam masala mashed.

Regions

In India

Chana masala is particularly common in the nordinischen Punjab region, but is also common in the western Indian Gujarat ago. In Gujarat and Rajasthan, it is usually served very dry and provided with hot spices.

In India it is often eaten with Bhatura, a kind of fried bread. It is widely sold by street vendors, but is also offered in restaurants.

In Pakistan

In Pakistan, this dish is eaten with potatoes as Aloo Chole ( chickpeas with potato ) as a snack in the large cities such as Karachi and Lahore.