Goan Chana Ross / Chanya Ross
Goan chana ross or chanyaross is a vegan white peas curry made by cooking white peas in spicy coconut-basedcurry.
Servings 4 People
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
- Mixer / Blender
Ingredients
- ½ cup dried white peas / vatana
- ½ onion chopped
- 3 tablespoon grated coconut
- 4 dry red chilies
- 1 ½ teaspoon coriander seeds
- 3 cloves
- 1- inch tamarind
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Soak the white peas in water for 8 hours or overnight.
- Pressure cook the white peas along with chopped onion by adding 1 cup water for 4-5 whistles or till boiled. Let the pressure from pressure cooker get released on its own.
- Dry roast coriander seeds, dry red chilies and cloves together, till nice aroma gets emitted from coriander seeds. Let it cool down.
- Take a mixer and add grated coconut, tamarind,turmeric powder and dry roasted spices. Add 1/2 to ¾ cup water and grind this into a smooth paste.
- Now take a deep bottomed utensil and add the ground gravy to it. Switch on the gas and keep it on low flame.
- After 5 minutes, add the boiled white peas along with onion to the gravy and mix well. If the gravy is thick, add remaining water from the pressure cooker and mix.
- Add salt to taste and simmer for 10 minutes before switching off the gas.
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Notes
Do not add onion if you want to make this a pure veg recipe.