Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An East Indian name for the chick-pea or gram, Cicer arietinum.
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- noun In
Indian cooking ,chickpea (or any dish made principally from chickpeas)
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of the most popular preparations of hara chana is a street food: chickpeas tossed with onions, tomatoes and spices.
Archive 2007-03-01 Nupur 2007
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Hara chana is called harbara in Marathi, and Swapna of Swad uses the dried version of these little beans to make a flavorful and nourishing curry called Harbaryachi Usal.
Archive 2007-03-01 Nupur 2007
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I also love eating fresh pav dunked in any spicy curry such as chana (chickpea) masala, as a change from the usual pairing with rotis and rice.
Archive 2008-01-01 Nupur 2008
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Nor, apparently, is there much weight to the theory that it's related to "chana," a chickpea curry that may have been used to stuff some early-day breads.
Roti Canai 2009
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Recently, Priya of Priya's Kitchen posted a recipe using black "chana" or chickpeas ...
Archive 2006-02-01 Nupur 2006
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I actually did make some chole aka chana masala last night, but I’m not posting it here because I wasn’t completely enthralled with it.
Tartness, Diwali, and treats from the UK roopa 2007
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I actually did make some chole aka chana masala last night, but I’m not posting it here because I wasn’t completely enthralled with it.
Archive 2007-11-01 roopa 2007
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Biryanis here are among the best in town, and the thali is an amazing deal: $3.81 gets you a veggie combo with a choice of bread (chapati, paratha, or naan), a generous portion of rice, an achar (pickle) of some kind, and servings of four or five dishes such as chana masala, dal, aloo palak, and bhindi masala; meat thali are a scant 50 cents more.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Biryanis here are among the best in town, and the thali is an amazing deal: $3.81 gets you a veggie combo with a choice of bread (chapati, paratha, or naan), a generous portion of rice, an achar (pickle) of some kind, and servings of four or five dishes such as chana masala, dal, aloo palak, and bhindi masala; meat thali are a scant 50 cents more.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Biryanis here are among the best in town, and the thali is an amazing deal: $3.81 gets you a veggie combo with a choice of bread (chapati, paratha, or naan), a generous portion of rice, an achar (pickle) of some kind, and servings of four or five dishes such as chana masala, dal, aloo palak, and bhindi masala; meat thali are a scant 50 cents more.
Chicago Reader 2010
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