The other (better?) half
An astute reader - Laavanya - asked with what I served the rice parathas; this provided the perfect segue for my next entry: a Gujurati style potato and chickpea curry.
Once I had made the decision to make the rice parathas, the question was indeed to find a good kura to accompany it. I knew that the family would be perfectly capable of eating the parathas by themselves - especially Angel Face, the little monkey that she is - but that would hardly be a proper meal.
The thing that popped into my head was Gujarati style channa masala; a new Indian restaurant opened here about a month ago, serving thalis for lunch and this is always one of the katoris on the thali. I started looking for a recipe, but didn't get very far, until I decided I would use a recipe for Bateta nu Shaak as a starting point.
From that point I just "winged" it, and we were ecstatic with the results. It does not taste quite like the one in the restaurant, and I am not making any claims that this is authentically Gujurati, but the taste was delicious, and the serving dish came back empty from the table.
Note: For the cup of cooked chickpeas in the recipe, I used one can of cooked chickpeas/garbanzo beans.
Appeal: If anyone has an authentic Gujurati recipe for kabuli channa in a very liquid gravy, I would appreciate it if you could point me towards it.
Comments (15)
I love the other/better half...was eying the same.
Posted by sunita | October 25, 2007 8:34 AM
Always loved this.
Posted by Rina | October 25, 2007 10:43 AM
yum..sivani..when i make watery curry at home..it is water tasting ( u know what i mean)...but gujju food..tho watery is full of flavor...i will chk my TD-Gujju book and let u know, if there is a recipe.
Posted by Rajitha | October 25, 2007 10:57 AM
You have a lovely blog. I really like the recipe card idea. And the curry looks delicious!
Posted by Mallika | October 25, 2007 12:12 PM
Sivani, am glad I asked. I love bateta nu shaak... What a nice combination to the rice parathas.
Posted by Laavanya | October 25, 2007 12:32 PM
Too much combo, I say :)
Posted by Mythili | October 25, 2007 2:03 PM
Wow, I seem to have struck a chord here. Maa chellelu waxed lyrical about this, and Angel Face eventually grabbed a spoon to eat it directly from the katori :-)
I can strongly recommend this for home use.
Posted by Sivani
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October 25, 2007 3:03 PM
@Rajitha: I really do want to try a proper Gujurati recipe for this as well. I would really appreciate it if you did find such a recipe.
Posted by Sivani
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October 25, 2007 3:04 PM
Yummy!!!
Posted by Puspha | October 25, 2007 3:35 PM
try this with kabuli chana.
http://thespicewholovedme.blogspot.com/2007/03/gujarati-series-chana-bateta.html
trupti's recipes always turn out well.
Posted by bee | October 25, 2007 4:34 PM
gr8 recipe ..surely better half for rice parathas. thanx.
Posted by swaroopa | October 26, 2007 6:35 AM
Sivani, I was just going to point you in the direction of Trupti's blog but I see that Bee has done that already. That blog is where I prepare most of my Gujju recipes from:-)
I recently tried out that chana-batata recipe and it was really fantastic. Give it a shot.I
Posted by TBC | October 26, 2007 8:24 AM
this looks so delicious!
Posted by sharmi | October 26, 2007 1:14 PM
@bee & TBC: thanks for the pointer. I did see Trupti's entry earlier, but was a little worried because it seemed thicker - less runny - than what I was after, and the spices seemed to head for a different taste.
On your strong recommendations though I will surely try this, and post to let you know my experience. Trupti, here I come :-)
Thanks everyone else for the kind words.
Posted by Sivani
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October 27, 2007 12:40 PM
For some reason, I wasn't able to comment earlier (got an error) so here I am again.
I love bateta nu shaak... and this looks so good. Must've been a great accompaniment to the rice parathas.
Posted by Laavanya | October 27, 2007 3:09 PM