Apr 30, 2025, 05:58 PM IST

7 healthy and delicious ways to include black chana in your lunch

Muskaan Gupta

A legume high in protein, black chana enhances meals with taste and nutrition. Here are 7 tasty and nutritious ways to eat black chana for lunch.

For a light lunch, combine boiled black chana with chopped cucumber, tomato, onion, lemon juice, and spices to make a protein-rich, refreshing salad.

Black Chana Salad

For a filling curry that goes well with rice or chapati, simmer black chana in a spicy tomato-onion gravy.

Black Chana Curry

For a quick, flavourful, and high-fiber stir-fry, combine boiled black chana with curry leaves, mustard seeds, garlic, and chillies.

Black Chana Stir-Fry

Make healthy parathas by mashing cooked chana with spices and stuffing it into whole wheat dough. They go well with curd or pickle for a satisfying lunch.

Black Chana Stuffed Paratha

In a spiced broth, combine black chana with seasonal vegetables to create a nutritious, filling, and hearty soup.

Black Chana and Vegetable Soup

To make a tasty and high-protein one-pot, mildly spiced pulao, sauté rice and black chana with aromatic spices.

Chana Pulao

For a quick and delectable lunch on the run, stuff whole wheat wraps with spiced black chana, lettuce, onion, and yoghurt dressing.

Black Chana Wrap

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