Indian Chana Masala Curry - FOOD PHOTO SHOOT

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Hey again, I hope you’re having an awesome morning, noon, or night wherever you are right now. Where I am it’s been super hot and dry so there are a lot of wildfires raging over a very large area of States. In fact, I just saw that there is a huge fire at Glacier National Park where me and my sister were just last week. Not only that, but they’ve evacuated a lot of it including the Lake McDonald Lodge where we had walked around. They’ve also closed off 30 miles of the Going to the Sun Road. It’s super sad to see so much devastation and I know it’s going to hurt their tourist-based economy.

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Of course, this is pretty far off topic for anyone who isn’t in this area but I just wanted to know if you’re in an area with wildfires right now? Going outside right now is really hard to breathe even here in my town. I’m not sure where the closest fire is but you can hardly see any of the surrounding mountains anymore because of the smoke. Again, so sad.

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But on a much happier note, I wanted to share another recipe today. This one is actually quite similar to ones I’ve shared in the recent past. It’s just, I was craving Indian food recently and wanted to make a curry. Besides, can you ever really have too many kinds of curries? I don’t think so. So there’s this new Indian restaurant that opened nearby and I’ve been curious to try it. I’ll be honest though, I rarely ever go out to restaurants because I just enjoy cooking at home so much more.

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This curry is super basic and simple to make and you can serve it with rice, pitas, quinoa, or whatever you want. I used some coconut milk in it, which is pretty typical in curries. However, I also wanted a bit of sweetness so I used a little coconut water as well.

The whole meal only takes about 30 minutes and needs very little prep.

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Indian Chana Masala Curry


Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 3-4 servings

Spice up your dinner tonight and make this chana masala curry. Serve it with steaming jasmine rice and you're all set!

Ingredients

1 small onion, finely chopped
2 cups cauliflower, roughly chopped
2 tomatoes, diced
1/4 cup fresh cilantro
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon Garam Masala
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons ground coriander
2 teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon lime juice
1 (15 oz / 425 gr) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 cup frozen peas
1/2 cup full fat coconut milk
1 cup coconut water
sea salt to taste
fresh chopped cilantro
cooked basmati or jasmine rice

Instructions

Heat a large saucepan over medium-high heat and add onion, cauliflower, garlic, tomatoes, and fresh cilantro then cook for 2-3 minutes until starting to brown slightly. Add spices and stir until fragrant.
Add lime juice, chickpeas, frozen peas, coconut milk, and coconut water to deglaze the pan. Bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer and cook for 15 - 25 minutes until thickened. Season to taste with salt.
Remove from the heat, sprinkle with chopped fresh cilantro and serve with basmati or jasmine rice.

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Well , as a indian citizen , I must say you are yet to try a lot of good food
channa masala is one of oour favourite items of all time
but honestly that's not all
there are 100s of other such spicy and hell-a delicious recipes you guys would love if you are a fan of channa masala
I would seriously recommend you to try few other indian recipes and food types

@foodlovingfreak I absolutely love Indian food so I'll have to try many more for sure!😀

It's color attracts so much😁

Looks delicious

uhh..looks extremely delicious dude..

ufff that looks super delicious, I would like someday to go to India and complement my appetite with great dish of this type of food: I have visited many places in america, and their meals are spectacular but this looks excellent.. he noticed that you really enjoy this delicacy

@anderson18 I really do enjoy it. 😀

Woww yummmmyyy 😋 its looking so delicious 😋
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Indian food so spicy! Get that nigga some milk!indian-food-is-so-spicy-memegeneokerlund-com-he-needs-some-milk-21544898.png

LOL 😂

I always love your photography

Interesting! Didn't expect a foreigner to prepare this. Two upvotes from me. Cheers!

@tamsguitar Thanks for reading! I'm a huge fan of Indian food actually.

yummy fantastic meal 😊I love it🍛

howdy this fine Tuesday gringalicious! what I like about this dish, besides it's deliciousness, is that it's very healthy. I could scarf down a bucketload of this stuff right now!

@janton Haha, I'm so glad you like it.

@gringalicious this curry looks fantastic I am very big fan of curry I cook at my home all the time. The fact is because i am Asian and this is our home food. But to be honest this recipe you great ingredients I am sure you must have enjoy it alot. Writing about this curry make my mouth watery.

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@zeeshannaqvi72 😀 I'm so happy you like this.

You are bringing such great items will try them over weekend

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Oh wow. Cooking yourself and such a delicious food, making me hungry.. I think I should get up and make my way to the refrigiii...

@awsmzeya 😀 Haha, I hope you enjoy something delicious!

I am looking forward to trying this recipe, it looks delicious. Thank you for sharing.

on no.. you make hungry again. it looking very yammy. like it so much

Please don`t Laugh on me. I am food Lover too much :(
I want to test this

@anon9 I'm so glad you want to try it.

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I don`t understand this. But wish to funny something

Nice recipe. Nutritious and tasty food combo

Thank you for adding an Indian dish it’s my favourite. Your recipe is great. And dish makes my mouth watering @gringalicious

@sumit1998 I'm so pleased that you like it. 😀

The forest fires is a problem that afflicts every year, I do not know what the solution to the problem would be, maybe anticipating with some sort of weeding.
This dish looks very delicious, I really like the ingredients
Many grace spor share the recipe and the step by step of the creation
I wish you a great day

amazing food photography

waw very nice

i really like cauliflowers uvu!!!

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Bless you, I love Indian food and this dish has your touch, i bet it's the most tastier indian dish made by American gringa 😊. waiting for your next delicious recipes my dear. Regards.

I never tried cauliflower and chana combination, now definitely will give try.

wow.. chana masala please share. i ate many of times. were good

Yum. Curry in any form is always delicious. This looks terrific

Wow this looks delicious and a great new recipe of indian chana masala-curry thanks dear for sharing it !!

@blazing It's always my pleasure!

Where is the best indian restaurant or restaurants in the world? Any country, any place, where would you go? Thanks! Awesome post! Steem on!

@blockbaer Hmm, I don't know about that one. I usually prefer to cook at home over eating out. Thanks for reading.😀

Yes cooking at home is always a winner! That being said, if you do have any favorite restaurants in the world, let me know. We are putting together a favorite restaurant list from steemers, and will include you :)

Sigues sorprendiendome en cada una de tus presentaciones. Gracias por compartir todo eso. Me inspiras muchisimo!!! Saludos!

Wow, this looks incredible and healthy! I’m gonna give it a wirl, thanks!

@dougkarr I hope you like these and it's so great to hear from you.

Thanks for sharing, I love chana masala ;-)

@mr-liquidity I'm so glad you like it!