CHANA MASALA?

CHANA MASALA?

CHANA SAAG

hell yes

to both

chana chatpa

nom

i would eat all this chana

http://londonfoodieny.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/chanamasala3.jpg

also: aloo matar!

BAINGAN BARTHA?

i would baingan all that bartha

oh man. aloo matar was my go-to curry for a while. and speaking of aloo: tikki!

http://365daysveg.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/tikki.jpg

Tipsy's aloo tikki + chole (channa) = win; just get those onions/radishes out of there

chole + puri = better than channa with naan

low carb dudes -- mount up for matter paneer

Tikki are like hot dogs/ street food = so bad for you but so good

Gol gappas also great with tikkis & channa. Ideally you want some dahi/raita (yogurt) to stay cool

http://www.ifood.tv/files/Pani%20Puri.jpg
http://vegconcoctions.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/img_1629.jpg

chana samosa.

LOVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZcrIS2wPtQ

^ doesnt look like much but the spices are *amazing* ~ black pepper vs chili, lemon juice vs mango powder, fighting it out on your tongue!

using sulphuric salt + chickpeas but no asafoetida doesnt seem like a good idea though.

http://www.phillyindia.us/images/desi-chaat-house-philly.jpg

oh god i really want a samosa right now so much

chana samosa.

Gesundheit.

Yeah slocki I got some of that at Le Roi Tandoori King on Jean-Talon for $3.50 not too long ago and it was a good buy for $3.50. While I waited there was a large table of francophones who debated amongst themselves what "curry" is, "is it a spice? no, I think it's a root vegetable." The wise "tour guide" type explained that it's a mixture of things and they all wondered what. And when the waiter came to order one nice young fellow asked if there was any food without spices, at all. At all. Sans épices. He explained that he was "allergic to curry" and said that the one time he had eaten Indian food he had noticed irregularities in his digestion the following day. Allergy. And people wonder why I'm hard on the food in this town.

BTW Manjula is really looking hot these days. It's kind of like the Peggy character in Mad Men.

I tell ppl on the reg that chana masala is my favorite food. It is true.

chana masala is one of my favorite foods too mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

i made lohbia aur khumbi (black-eyed peas w/mushrooms) today!

um that sounds awesome

this is the recipe, supposed to be a side but it works as a meal in itself, maybe with a little rice
http://invogueathome.blogspot.com/2010/04/lohbia-aur-khumbi-black-eyed-peas-with_05.html

(i skip the cinnamon stick)

:)

Going to make that this weekend.

It is cooking time again! I havent made a curry for way too long. Hungry for.

My friends just made this video of them making chana masala. It is probably funnier if you know them and they seem a bit tentative at first, but they are pretty entertaining guys. They're hoping to make it a semi-regular cooking show type of thing.

cool, i wanna make either that black-eyed pea thing this wknd or rajma masala

All about masala dosa, when I was staying with a mate in Kuala Lumpur I'd have one for lunch every day.

a place opened up near me that sells dosas with veggie chicken, olives, other unlikely fillings

That doesn't sound terribly nice to be honest.

agree, but feel it is my duty to sample them in a spirit of fearlessness

ya that sounds disgusting

https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/chana-dal-recipe-chana-dal/

I have been doing versions of this recipe this week, when I haven't as much time a slow cooker version where I still fry the onions and spices in ghee before adding them. And sometimes adding some meat. It's never anything less than extremely good.

that looks really good I'm going to make it soon

opinions on chana vs yellow split peas? some recipes seem to treat them as interchangeable while others are very specific about only one or the other being suitable

I use yellow split peas more for soups. Not sure what the difference is, but when you use less water in the chana dal recipe, you get an exquisite texture to the food that you wouldn't get with yellow split peas.

yellow split peas for dal tadka is good af

chana is such comfort food 4 me, i bought some 'banzos this week for such an occasion

Ive made this a few times and it's had me considering getting a pressure cooker or instant pot dealie so I can cook the pulses more easily. Though yellow and red peas/lentils cook fairly quick anyway.

i love our instant pot, i dont care how basic that makes me

I'm thinking of getting an instant pot, because all the rice cookers available in the UK (unless you are wealthy enough to spend hundreds on one) are teflon shit and I've seen one for £56 and it has a stainless steel inner pot.

"i love our instant pot, i dont care how basic that makes me"

I got one myself this week and it functions really well as a rice cooker. Just stick some some basmati in there for 3 minutes at high pressure and then leave it 18 minutes in the steam and viola, extreme good rice.

yessss