The other thing that led to this is the fact that the only things I had on hand were cauliflower and some soaked black channa. So these were cooked and added to the bhuna masala with some salt, turmeric powder and a teeny bit of sugar. That's it....no additional masalas.
Here's what you need:
Black chana/chick peas - 1/2 cup, soaked for about 8 hours and then cooked
Cauliflower - a small one, separated into florets and boiled till just soft
Onion - 1 large, chopped into large chunks
Tomato - 3, medium sized, chopped
Green chilli - as per taste
Ginger - a small piece
Garlic - 6-7 pods
Cardamom - 2 pods
Oil - 3 tbsp
Salt
Grind to a smooth mixture all the ingredients except the chana and cauliflower. Heat oil in a kadai. Stir in the ground mixture. Cover and cook, stirring every now and then, until all the moisture evaporates(about 10-15 minutes on low heat) and the oil separates. Then add the cooked chana and cauliflower. Also add salt, some sugar and turmeric powder. Stir well. I added some water at this point and boiled it for another 5 minutes to get a slightly moist gravy, but you can serve this dry. Garnish with some fresh corriander. Enjoy with roti, puri or rice.
12 comments:
Bhunaoed veggies looks delicious with chick peas. Same repeated ads every other minute, must be boring to watch. Yikes!
That's a quick comment...thank you. You bet it's boring...wonder why they do it.
thats a nice combination of veges and chickpeas..looks yumm
Interesting combination! And I know it as Bhuno, I just thought it meant sauteed.
Black channa and Cauliflowers mmm thats a new combo for me!!! Looks very interesting and tempting too!!!
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Curry looks colorful and delicious.
good combination...actually bhuna.is a hindi word.means roasted.
in the north many vegetables are cooked this way only....but you combination of chana and cauliflower is unique..try sometime pureed spinach and chana cooked this way..will be very tasty.
Looks delicious. Good idea to pauir black chana with cauliflower.
Wow..that is an interesting combination..Will try it with vegetables available at home (I too have the habit of picking vegetables just like that, especially if they look fresh and colorful:))
Very interesting curry with cauliflower and black channa dear!
You know, I have some black channa dal... I have to cook it soon. Thanks for the inspiration.
A delicious different combo of black channa and cauliflower. Looks yummy.
Hey, BTW I finally posted my writeup for "By the book" tag of yours.Check it out:
http://pangravykadaicurry.blogspot.com/2010/02/by-book-tag.html
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