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Chickpea Masala without the readymade powder!

This Chickpea Masala or Chole Masala is so delicious and very easy to make. Most recipes I have seen use a readymade masala mix called ‘Chole masala powder’.

I have tried it with my own mix of spice powders, I am very happy with the way it turned out. My kids love chickpeas and I use chickpeas in my cooking at least once a week.

What are the ingredients for Chickpea Masala?

Chickpeas – canned chickpeas or you can soak dry chickpeas and pressure cook them, I soaked the dry chickpeas overnight, in the morning, I pressure cooked them in my Instant Pot for 8 minutes.

Onion – one onion chopped

Tomatoes – Purée tomatoes in a blender

Ginger garlic paste

Lime juice – juice of half a lime

Cilantro for garnish

Spice powders:

Turmeric

Kashmiri Chili

Coriander

Cumin

Chaat masala powder – this gives it a tangy taste! It can be found in any Indian grocery store. Or the link will take you to Amazon where it is available online.

Garam masala powder

Salt

Oil for cooking

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How do you make this Chickpea Masala?

Keep all your ingredients ready.

Heat a pan on medium heat. Add oil, when the oil is hot, put in onions and fry well till translucent.

Add ginger-garlic paste. Fry for about 5 minutes.

Add tomato purée and all the spice powders.

Mix well, cover, and cook.

After about 10 minutes you can see the oil floating on top.

Add chickpeas and about 1/2 cup water.

Mix and cook for about 5 minutes.

Switch off the stove, add lime juice and cilantro to garnish.

I served this Chickpea Masala with this Instant Pot Peas Rice and this 2 ingredients Naan. It tasted really delicious!

Chickpea Masala

Chickpeas in an Onion Tomato gravy with a blend of Indian spices.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Author Nandini

Ingredients

2 cups Cooked Chickpeas
1 Onion (chopped)
2 Tomatoes (pureed) ( I used Roma tomatoes)
½ tsp Ginger garlic paste
½ Lime (juiced)
Cilantro for garnish
2 tbsp Oil
Salt to taste

Spice powders

½ tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Kashmiri Chili powder
1 tsp Coriander powder
½ tsp Cumin powder
½ tsp Chaat masala powder
½ tsp Garam masala powder

Instructions

Heat a pan on medium heat. Add oil, when the oil is hot, add onions. Fry till translucent.
Add ginger-garlic paste, fry for about 4 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally so it does not burn.
Add pureed tomatoes and all the spice powders along with salt.
Mix well, cover, and cook.
After 10 minutes, you can see the oil floating on top.
Add chickpeas and about half a cup of water.
Mix and cook for about 5 minutes.
Switch off your stove, add lime juice and chopped cilantro.
Your chickpea masala is ready!

Notes:

You can cook the chickpeas ahead and keep them in the fridge or freezer! It is a time saver and you save money too by cooking your own chickpeas.
This can be made in the Instant Pot as well. Press the saute function and follow the recipe, when adding the chickpeas, you can add the soaked chickpeas, so basically you are cooking the chickpeas along with the masala. This is a time saver for sure! Pressure cook for 10 to 12 minutes. If you are using canned chickpeas just pressure cook for 4 or 5 minutes. Once done, open the Instant Pot, add the lime juice and cilantro to garnish.
When you add water along with the chickpeas you can add more if you want extra gravy.
If you like it spicy increase the amount of chili powder.
Chaat masala powder gives it a tangy taste, I recommend using it. A substitute for it could be Amchur Powder which is Raw Mango Powder.

Hope you will try this recipe out. It is delicious, you can eat it with rice, bread, paratha, or naan.

Please rate this recipe and leave me a comment down below. I would love to hear from you!

You might also like to check out my other Vegetarian recipes:

Beetroot Cutlets

Mixed Vegetable and Paneer Curry

Air Fryer Tortilla Samosas

Potatoes and Dill Indian Style

Easy and Tasty Chickpea Burgers

Air-Fryer Potato Wedges

Indian Lime/ Lemon Rice

Potato Masala

Air Fryer Okra Fries

Have a wonderful day and thank you for visiting my blog!

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Easy and Tasty Chickpea Burgers

These Easy and Tasty Chickpea Burgers are such a breeze to make as all the ingredients go in a food processor! It’s that easy!

All you have to do is make your patties. They freeze very well too. So make a big batch and enjoy them for weeks! You can have a great-tasting Chickpea Burger at any time, just pull out your frozen patty and fry in a skillet with a little oil.

What goes into these Easy and Tasty Chickpea Burgers?

Chickpeas – I use soaked and boiled chickpeas for these. You can use canned chickpeas for a quicker version, but be sure to wash the chickpeas well after draining out the liquid. As mentioned in the original recipe you can use black beans, or red beans as an alternative.

I am going to try my next batch adding quinoa as well to make it healthier. I will update this post after I try it that way.

Oats – Whole-grain Heart-healthy Oats is a great addition to this burger patty.

Onion – I used half of a yellow onion just roughly chopped into chunks, as the blender does the job.

For seasoning – chili powder, salt, and pepper

Egg – one egg to bind everything together. I think a good substitute for an egg would be a mashed potato.

Cilantro – I added cilantro for some freshness, it adds a nice taste. If you do not like cilantro you could leave it out.

How do you make these Easy and Tasty Chickpea Burgers?

In a blender/ food processor, add all the ingredients. Turn it on and blend it all into a coarse mixture. Do not make it a paste.

If needed you can add a little bit of water/ cooking liquid from the chickpeas to bind it. I did not use any liquid. It came together very well.

Keep the mixture in the fridge for about 20 minutes. After that take it out and make patties, dipping your hand in a little water, shape the patties, and keep them on a baking sheet lined with cling wrap. I got 9 patties out of the quantity mentioned in the recipe.

If you want to make your burgers immediately, you can fry them in a pan with a little oil.

They turn out crispy on the outside and soft on the outside, they are full of flavor.

Make a burger with lettuce, tomato, the patty, red onion, mayonnaise, etc. You can customize your own!

This is based on the recipe from Mom Trends, you can find the original recipe here – The best Veggie Burger

Can you freeze these Patties?

Yes!! That’s exactly what I do! Just freeze them individually on a sheet pan, once frozen, you can put them in a ziplock freezer-safe bag or a freezer-safe container.

It’s important to freeze them separately first so that they do not stick to each other and become a big mess.

You can freeze them for up to 3 months.

Frozen Chickpea patties — Frozen Chickpea Patties

These are great for kids too! My kids love it, so I am more than happy to have this on hand to make a quick burger for them.

Since it is so healthy, I am all for it!

Easy and Tasty Chickpea Burgers

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mediterranean

Ingredients

2 cups Cooked Chickpeas (can use black beans/pinto beans/red beans)
½ cup Whole Grain Rolled Oats
½ Onion
1 Egg
1 tbsp Chili powder
Cilantro ( about 3 stalks with leaves)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Olive oil for frying them

Instructions

In a blender or food processor, add chickpeas, oats, egg, chili powder, salt, pepper, and cilantro. Process until it comes together to a coarse mixture. Do not puree into a paste.
You can add a little cooking liquid or water to make it mix, only if required. I did not have to.
Keep this mixture in the fridge for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes, with wet hands make patties out of the mixture.
Heat a pan, add oil to it, when the oil is hot add the patties and fry on both sides till they turn golden brown.
Remove onto a paper-lined plate. Make your burgers with these crispy and tasty veggie burgers!

Notes:

I added the cilantro. As it adds some freshness to the patties. The original recipe does not use cilantro.
Adjust the chili powder according to your spice level, I used Kashmiri Chili powder which has a bright red color but is not very spicy.
I did not have burger buns, so I just used sandwich bread that I had on hand.
You could just use lettuce leaves for a bunless burger!
Or use the 2 Ingredient Naan as the bread.

Do try it out and let me know what you think. I would love to hear your feedback.

As always thank you for visiting and have a wonderful day!!