{"id":41,"date":"2026-09-29T16:19:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/?p=41"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:19:47","slug":"chana-masala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/29\/chana-masala\/","title":{"rendered":"Chana Masala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chickpeas simmer in an onion and tomato masala with cumin, coriander and warming garam masala. A squeeze of lemon at the end brings the flavors into focus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuisine:<\/strong> Indian | <strong>Prep:<\/strong> 15 minutes | <strong>Cook:<\/strong> 40 minutes | <strong>Yield:<\/strong> 4 servings<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cans chickpeas, 400 g each, drained and rinsed<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp neutral oil<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp cumin seeds<\/li>\n<li>1 large onion, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp grated ginger<\/li>\n<li>3 garlic cloves, minced<\/li>\n<li>400 g canned chopped tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp ground coriander<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp turmeric<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp chili powder, or to taste<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp garam masala<\/li>\n<li>250 ml water<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 tsp fine salt<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Method<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add cumin seeds and let sizzle for 20 seconds.<\/li>\n<li>Add onion and cook for 8\u201310 minutes until golden, stirring often.<\/li>\n<li>Add ginger and garlic for 30 seconds. Stir in ground coriander, turmeric and chili powder.<\/li>\n<li>Add tomatoes and salt. Cook for 8 minutes until the mixture thickens.<\/li>\n<li>Add chickpeas and water. Simmer for 12\u201315 minutes, mashing a few chickpeas to thicken the sauce.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in garam masala and lemon juice. Top with coriander leaves and serve with rice or flatbread.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Cook\u2019s tip<\/h2>\n<p>Canned chickpeas make this a weeknight dish. If using dried chickpeas, soak and fully cook them separately before adding them to the masala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chickpeas simmer in an onion and tomato masala with cumin, coriander and warming garam masala. A squeeze of lemon at the end brings the flavors into focus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/50"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesmadeforu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}