Huma’s Huma's Village Style Chana Daal

Huma’s Village Style Chana Daal with Pumpkin Recipe: a food which is so rich in carbs that you don’t need another gram for the rest of the week but so delicious and non negotiable after a 7 week super healthy eating ✨💕👩‍🍳

Ingredients:-

- 1 cup Chana daal (split chickpeas)
- 1 cup pumpkin, diced
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp salt (or to taste)
- 1/2 tsp red chilly powder
- 1 tsp sabut garam masala
- 1 tsp meat masala (any brand you like)
-1 tbs ginger garlic paste
#### For Tadka (Tempering):
- Curry leaves
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp sabut garam masala
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 1/2 tomato, chopped
- A pinch of heeng (asafoetida)
- 4 tbsp mustard oil




Instructions:-
1. Pressure Cook the Daal: (A) Rinse the chana daal thoroughly and soak for 30 minutes. (B) Pressure cook the daal with turmeric powder, salt, red chilly powder, sabut garam masala, meat masala, and enough water until soft and well-cooked.
2. Prepare Pumpkin: (A) In a separate pot, add diced pumpkin and enough water to cover it. Boil until pumpkin is soft but not mushy. Drain and set aside. (B) ✨👩‍🍳If you want to make your life easy you can cook the pumpkin along with the daal in pressure cooker at the same time ! That’s what I’ve fone too 😉
3. Prepare Tadka: (A) Heat mustard oil in a pan. (B) Add cumin seeds and let them splutter. (C) Add sabut garam masala, chopped garlic, curry leaves, chopped tomato, and heeng. Saute until tomatoes are soft.
4. Combine Ingredients: (A) Pour half of the prepared tadka into the cooked daal and mix well. (B) Add the boiled pumpkin to the daal and gently mix.
5. Garnish and Serve: (A) Garnish the daal with the remaining tadka. (B) Serve the village-style chana daal with pumpkin hot with basmati rice.
This recipe serves 3 people. Enjoy your flavorful village-style chana daal with pumpkin!