Punjabi Chickpea/Garbanzo Bean Chicken Curry

Murgh Chana Masala

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Preparation info
  • Serves:

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      40 min

Appears in
No Worries, Just Chicken Curries: 70 Incredible Indian Chicken Recipes

By Suki Pantal

Published 2025

  • About

Sometimes love for a food can be in your genes! Chickpeas/garbanzo beans and chicken can never be far from the dining table of a Punjabi. I didn’t grow up in the northern state of Punjab but my connection to my birth state is special. Having visited Punjab umpteen times to see my extended family or for work, I fell in love with the Punjabi food. My first ever experience as a child of eating chana, meaning “chickpeas”, with chicken was when my grandfather took us out for a meal in the city o