# @cooking.is.happiness on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CNSr1pNFo29
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/79420773-cookingishappiness-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-04-05T17:02:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Prerna ✨Healthy & Easy (@cooking.is.happiness) — https://gondola.cc/cooking.is.happiness

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Back home weekend menus mostly are about Chana, Rajma, Kadhi kinda meals and all these are undoubtedly my favourites 🤓 But there’s always something special about Mom’s recipes, well may be that extra dose of love that comes along with every meal🥰 Agree? This bowl right here is a little about my mom’s and her mom’s meaning my Nani’s style of Kala Chana, what’s special about it? No short cuts + time well spent on sautéing tadka + slow cooking with love 😇
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What’s cooking? Kala Chana (Black Chickpeas) I don’t have the exact measured recipe today but sharing the steps below😇 It all begins with soaking chana overnight - pressure cook - mixing in an onion tomato tadka - letting it simmer for flavours to marry well 😇 
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🔸Most important step - Wash & soak approx 2 1/2 cups black chana in enough water overnight or 6-8 hours 
🔸Pressure cook chana in cooker or Instant pot for 45 mins with 4 cups water, salt, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, 2 cardamom, 3-4 cloves. Natural release pressure 
🔸Tadka - in a pan with ghee/oil, add cumin seeds let splutter, add pinch of heeng, dry red chillies - add chopped onions and sauté for approx 10 mins or until brown 
🔸 Add tomatoes, ginger and green chillies puréed together, let cook until 90% dry - add spices : salt, pepper, red chili + coriander powder, amchur, pinch of turmeric & cook masala until completely dry and starts to release oil
🔸 Add drained Chana to Tadka, mix well and let cook on high for 10 mins. Add leftover water from boiled chana as per desired consistency, bring to a boil - let simmer for 20-30 mins or more if time allows. Finish with lime juice, garam masala and cilantro
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