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    Home » Vegetarian Side Dishes » Lunch Box Series : LBS#41

    Lunch Box Series : LBS#41

    Published: Oct 23, 2008 · Modified: Sep 23, 2020 by Srivalli · 17 Comments

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    The clock struck 6.30 pm and I hurried away home, as I had to reach on time. I rushed away heedless of the rain drizzling or the hurried vehicles zooming by. I hastily looked at the showroom that had dazzling sarees on display. It was a pass time once, to look at the sarees on display and wonder who would really want to tie such sarees. Whenever I see that showroom, I get reminded of reading about Madame Curie.

    In one of the dinner parties she attended, she saw ladies all decked up with diamonds and jewelry. Her husband thought she was also taken in by those ornaments. But she replied that with that amount of money, she could set up so many labs! Well, I don't' really want to set up a lab right now, just a comparison! Well, lunch for today was a different affair. For a change, we made a simple channa curry or channa kurma. It was delicious to have with chapatis, hubby dear enjoyed it, from the regular rice spread! This is the south Indian way of making channa. It's called Senagala kurma in Telugu.

    Today's Lunch Box had

    Channa Kurma
    Chappati
    Rasam Rice
    Curd Rice

    Ingredients Needed

    Channa - 1 cup
    Onion - 1 medium
    Tomato - 2 medium
    Ginger - 1"
    Coconut paste - 1 tbsp
    Chili powder - 1 tsp
    Coriander powder - 1 tsp
    Fennel powder - 1/2 tsp
    Turmeric powder a pinch
    Oil - 1 tsp
    Salt to taste
    Coriander leaves for garnish

    Method to prepare:Soak Channa overnight. Pressure cook in water till tender.

    Heat a pan with oil, saute grated ginger. Then add finely chopped onions. Once they turn brown, add chopped tomatoes. Simmer for 10 mins for the tomatoes to soften.

    Then add all the spice powders, cooked channa, salt and combine well. Simmer for 5 mins, till the oil comes out. Then add the coconut paste and saute.

    Add required water, bring to boil. When it thickens to the desired thickness, add chopped coriander leaves.

    Goes well with chappatis, but with rice too!

    I had sent in Channa 65 too!

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    Lunch Box Series : LBS#41

    Author Srivalli
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    Comments

    1. Vidhya says

      October 24, 2008 at 1:41 am

      I send roti with channa +some rice to my husband. He likes it. looks really neat

      Reply
    2. Shillu says

      October 24, 2008 at 1:49 am

      Looks yummy! as always!

      Reply
    3. Priya says

      October 24, 2008 at 7:46 am

      I feel hunger looking at the lunch box..yum yum they looks really yummy...

      Reply
    4. alka says

      October 24, 2008 at 3:53 am

      I simply loved the spread..filling ,healthy,yummy and balanced diet
      Well haven't yet had my breakfast ,so obviously feeling hunger pangs looking at the lunchbox:-)

      Reply
    5. Nidhi says

      October 24, 2008 at 11:04 am

      This used be one of my fav lunch items. I remember always feeling hungry much before time, whenever mom had packed this for lunch 🙂

      Channas looking really delicious.

      Reply
    6. Sia says

      October 24, 2008 at 8:56 am

      how u manage to cook all these valli. u r simply amazing!!!
      and with taht kind of money i too would invest it in my lab, and that is my kitchen lab 😉

      Reply
    7. Arundhuti says

      October 24, 2008 at 3:12 pm

      hi...pls collect ur award from my blog...:-)

      Reply
    8. Happy cook says

      October 24, 2008 at 11:41 am

      Well with such a spread no wonderyou hubby enjoyed.
      Oh and the sarees, aren't they beautiful there, but then i too think who wants to wear them and so expensive and how many time can wear them. Once or twice.

      Reply
    9. Simran says

      October 24, 2008 at 7:08 pm

      This is such a lovely spread. Can I ask a silly question - how do you make curd rice. I can never get the perfect taste 🙁

      Reply
    10. Mandira says

      October 24, 2008 at 7:50 pm

      if only I can have some of that chana and rice... delicious lunch box!

      Reply
    11. meeso says

      October 25, 2008 at 7:03 pm

      I wish I could have a lunch like that everyday, YUM!

      Reply
    12. Jaya says

      October 26, 2008 at 9:56 am

      Sri,
      Chana ,Paratha looks so mouth-watering to me.
      wish you happy Diwali.
      hugs and smiles

      Reply
    13. Zee says

      October 26, 2008 at 2:02 pm

      Those are yummy looking Channas..wish I could have some right out of the lunch box:)

      Reply
    14. Srivalli says

      October 28, 2008 at 1:27 am

      Thank you everybody for your lovely comments

      Reply
    15. mindhaven says

      October 30, 2008 at 1:04 am

      hi dear, i tried this and it was superb! we had some leftover idiyappam from deepavali, and this curry was a bomb with my husband..i modified it a little, by grinding half of the channa in the blender.it gave the curry a thicker consistency..nevertheless, still yummy..thanks a lot!

      Reply
    16. Madhuram says

      April 02, 2011 at 1:15 pm

      Hi Valli, hope you are doing good. The kids are fine. I landed in this page searching for a channa kurma recipe. I wanted something different from the usual one I make. I have never tried adding coconut paste. I will try this one today. I think we will have to add the channa with the spice powders right?

      Reply
    17. Srivalli says

      April 02, 2011 at 2:09 pm

      Madhu Good to hear from you! Thanks for pointing it out..:) updated now..hope you like it.

      Reply

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