Comments on: Chana Masala | Instant Pot Indian Chickpeas

By: Susan Harris

Susan Harris — Mon, 04 May 2026 06:23:21 +0000

Good day! Loved how you structured this. Pretty eye-opening throughout. All the best.

By: Susan Miller

Susan Miller — Mon, 04 May 2026 02:17:32 +0000

Very informative piece. I had the same question and your post answered it. I'll be recommending this to others.

By: Kathleen Gordon

Kathleen Gordon — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 05:55:52 +0000

I made this tonight and it was delicious! I was really craving this dish, but my regular grocery store didn’t have dried chickpeas, add I didn’t have time to go to the Indian market, so I went rogue and substituted pinto beans, otherwise preparing everything as written. It worked! Making the onion masala from scratch was key.

By: Nina

Nina — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:17:31 +0000

SO delicious! is it possible to use canned chickpeas instead?

By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:37:25 +0000

Delicious. Next time, I'll reduce salt by 1/4, and taste at the end before adding more. This is an amazing, economical dish. I doubled it, but next time I'll triple it. I have some of the onion masala left, so I'll be making more this week. I'm glad that I bought the mango powder. Thanks for sharing such a great recipe.

By: Kethry

Kethry — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 18:59:20 +0000

Can you substitute canned chickpeas, drained, for pre-soaked chickpeas?

By: Victor T.

Victor T. — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:16:32 +0000

In reply to Sarah. The main spices that give Chana Masala spice mix their characteristic flavor are Kala Namak (black salt that has a sulfurous smell) and Amchur (souring agent), and mosttimes Kasuri Methi (dried fenugreek leaves). 1 tsp of each will give you the taste. Of course the mix also has cumin, coriander, turmeric, etc. which I am sure you already know about.

By: Erica Grace

Erica Grace — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:23:01 +0000

Wow this was such a surprise - i have always loved this dish at restaurants but wow wow this version is so amazing. Thank you for this recipe!! Love!

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 22:39:39 +0000

Tasty! But the lemon juice was overpowering - next time I would use half a lemon instead

By: Kimberley

Kimberley — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 20:08:53 +0000

When you say soak overnight, does that mean soak the night before and then all day long before cooking at dinnertime? or would that mean start soaking in the morning and then prepare that evening?