Chana Masala

Felt like comforting Indian food the other day. Also, I had just bought some new boxes of my favourite Indian spice mixes, this one for Chana Masala. The second ingredient is salt... no wonder I always liked these mixes! Chana Masala is pretty much the easiest thing to make, so I quickly got to work using this Canadian Living recipe as a guide.

First in the frying pan was two small chopped onions, 4 garlic cloves, and, after a few minutes, 2 Tbsp of the spice mix. Always good to toast your spices for a minute, stirring constantly so they don't burn, to get the most flavour. I then added 1 cup of water, 1/4 cup tomato paste, 1 tsp of brown sugar and one can of chickpeas.




Let that stew for 10-15 minutes so it gets nice and thick and tomato-ey. I made a rookie mistake, though - I wasn't totally sure how potent my spice mix was, and it turned out quite spicy! So I decided to tame it with some big spoonfuls of sour cream (yogurt would've also worked).

As you can guess, the sour cream made it rich and the spice mix made it salty and it was a delicious bowl of Indian deliciousness. I like living close to Little India, but I do buy those honey desserts too often...