Channa /chickpeas Masala

CHANNA MASALA

The part played my channa masala in my life is something cant be expressed.... Very odd to hear it right?? I love channa masala to that extent. This recipe is actually from my mom who is a gr8 cook of all south indian and north indian recipes. In the days to come u can all view a lot of recipes with a combination of different cultures. And now lets start with the process of making channa masala.

Ingredients

Channa/chickpeas-1 cup

Tamarind paste- 1 tbsp

Potato(optional)- 1

Jaggery powder-2 tbsp

Green chilly-2

Onion-2

Tomato-3(grinded to a paste)

Bay leaf-1

Oil-2 tbsp

Salt- as desired

To grind

Onion-2

Ginger-1" piece

Garlic pods-4

Dried red chillies-6

Coriander seeds-1 tbsp

Cumin seeds-1/2 tspn

Cinnamon-1

cardamom-1

clove-1

METHOD

Soak channa for 7 hrs in water. Pressure cook the channa and potato by adding salt. After boiling the potatoes peel off the skin and make small pieces out of it. Chop the onions and green chillies. . Grind the products which are given as "to grind" above.

Heat the oil in the pan add bay leaf, green chilly and then add the onions and saute it well. Now add the grinded paste and saute it till the raw smell goes off. Add the tomato paste, tamarind paste,jaggery powder, and salt. After 5 minutes add the boiled channa and potato. Let it get cooked for another 5 minutes. Now u could see the oil ooozing out from the channa masala, mix it off well and the channa masala is ready to serve roti/naan

Tips:

Take care while adding salt as we ve already added some salt while pressure cooking channa and potato.

To make it more tastier u could also add kasuri methi at the end as it gives nice flavour to the dish.

Comments are always welcome!!!!!!!!!