Chana Masala (Chole) Recipe

Serves 4Overnight Soaking Required
Cooking Time: 20 - 25 min

Ingredients:
250 gm Kabuli Chana
125 gm Chana dal
3 Onions
3 Potatoes
3 Tomatoes
1 bunch Coriander leaves
7 pods of garlic
Ginger
Red chili
1½-tsp anar dana
1 tsp jeera
2 tsp coriander seeds
Garam masala
Ghee
Salt

Method:

• Soak chana and chana dal for 12 hrs, pressure cook for 15 min with salt.
• Grind together coriander leaves, garlic, ginger and red chilies.
• Warm lightly and grind anardana, jeera, coriander seeds and garam masala
• Strain the cooked Bengal gram (don’t throw away the cooked water); add the wet masala to bengal gram, mix well in the sieve itself.
• Now add dry masala and mix well.
• Heat karahi heat oil or ghee, fry sliced onion till light brown, add chana, mix well, keep on adding water in which chana was cooked. Add fried potatoes.
• At the time of serving add more water if needed, put in a serving dish, decorate with cut onion and tomato. Heat oil or ghee and pour over it, sprinkle coriander leaves

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