About:

This recipe is my mom’s favorite. Thank you mom for continued support, good wishes and blessings.

Black chana with dill leaves is a perfect one pot meal. This recipe I used sprouted black chickpeas, using dill leaves is a typical Indian style.

Health benefits:

Chickpea/garbanzo bean are healthy addition to any diet as they are naturally low in fat, high in fiber and rich in vitamins and minerals.

Dill has been used as a herb in most of the salad dressings/pickles. They help in good digestion, relief from insomnia, hiccups, diarrhea, dysentery, respiratory disorders, cancer etc. it is also good for oral care.

Serves: 2-3
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 25-30 minutes
Soaking time: 6 – 8 hours

Ingredients:

• Brown Rice -1 cup
• Water-2 cup
• Black chana-1/2 cup
• Chopped onion-1 num
• Chopped capsicum-1 num
• Washed and chopped dill leaves-1 bunch
• Salt-as per taste
• Oil-2tsp
• Mustard -1tsp
• Curry leaves-5-6

For masala grinding:

• Desiccated coconut- 1/2cup
• Green chilli-3-4
• Pepper corns-5-6
• Fennel seeds-1tsp
• Chopped ginger-1tsp
• Coriander- few springs

Garnish:

• Chopped coriander- a handful

Procedure:

• Wash and soak black channa overnight; drain and set aside.
• Throw all the ingredients mentioned under grinding table to a blender/mixer and blend it to coarse paste by adding some water if required.
• Now heat oil in a cooker pan add mustard seeds, curry leaves as it splutters add onion and saute for 1-2 minutes.
• Add capsicum, chopped dill and saute for 1-2 minutes.
• Add drained black channa, ground masala paste and fry for few minutes.
• Add measure water and let it come to boil and add salt as required and add broken wheat mix well cover the lid and pressure cook for 4-5 whistels.
• Allow the steam to escape before opening the lid

• Garnish with coriander
• Serve hot with yogurt/raita:

Capsicum Raita:

Flaxseed Raita:

Peanut Cucumber Raita:

Note:

• Canned chickpeas can also be used.
• You can use sprouted chana/ any pulses of your choice.
• You can replace broken wheat with rice and follow the same procedure.