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Jump to Recipe | Save RecipeSo last year, as you all know, Jason and I fell in love with London. We went there for a quick weekend jaunt for Jason’s 30th birthday and I had to do all the planning since it was kind of a surprise trip.
During the course of my research for our London trip, I came across the restaurant review for Dishoom. London is known, oddly enough, for really good Indian food so we knew we had to go to one so when I researched it on TripAdvisor, Dishoom was at the top. It didn’t disappoint. It was the BEST meal we had in London that entire weekend and when Jason and I go back in April, we are going there again. I feel like Dishoom should’ve been a part of TripAdvisor’s 2015 Traveler’s Choice list ;) but I might be a bit biased.
While we were there (and ordered a bunch off their menu), we had this amazing chana masala dish that I couldn’t stop thinking about. I tried my hardest to recreate it and we ended up devouring it at home! The spices of this dish made our entire house smell amazing and warm.

Chana Masala
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ tablespoon coriander
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 15 ounce can diced tomatoes with juices
- 30 ounce canned garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
- ½ cup water
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Handful of parsley, finely chopped
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Instructions
- In a large skillet, heat up oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic cloves to the skillet. Cook until softened and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle the spices over the onion and garlic mixture and toss to mix.
- Add the tomato paste, diced tomatoes, and garbanzo beans to the skillet. Toss to incorporate. Add the water, salt, and pepper.
- Bring mixture to a boil then lower heat to a simmer and cover skillet and simmer for 20 minutes until mixture is slightly thickened and some of the liquid has evaporated.
- Finally, add in chopped parsley, toss to incorporate.
- Serve mixture over a bed of white rice and/or eat with naan.
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Carla miller
Monday 26th of October 2020
I thought this was ok, but I think my spices may have been to old. I will try it again with new spices.
Savannah
Thursday 23rd of March 2017
Coriander seed, or ground?
Julie
Thursday 23rd of March 2017
Ground :)
teresa
Monday 21st of December 2015
Lived and worked in India for a year and this was one of my favorite dishes. Made it last night for dinner and it was so delicious. Will make this again!
Andrea @ My Tasty Kitchen
Wednesday 21st of October 2015
TripAdvisor is the best. Planned my entire Thailand/Vietnam trip with their recommendations a couple of years ago and it did not disappoint!
Rahul @ samosastreet
Monday 19th of October 2015
Brilliant recipe … seriously bang on....