CHANA MASALA/ CHOLE MASALA

CHANA MASALA USING HOMEMADE CHANA MASALA POWDER 

Ingredients:
Chana / Konda Kadalai - 1/2 cup
 Onion - 1 small
Tomato - 1 small 
Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 t spoon 
Garam Masala Powder - 1/4 t spoon 
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 t spoon 
Chilly Powder - 1/4 t spoon 
Salt as needed 
Oil - 1 tbl spoon 
Butter - 1 tbl spoon 
Coriander Leaves - 2 t spoon 
Lemon - 1/2
To roast and grind:
Cardamom - 2
Cloves - 2
Biriyani Leaf - 1
Cinnamon - 1 stick 
Ajwain - 1/4 t spoon 
Pepper - 5
Fennel Seeds - 1 t spoon 
Cumin Seeds - 1 t spoon 
Coriander Seeds - 1 t spoon 
Kashmiri Red Chilly - 2


      Dry roast the above ingredients for roasting until browned.



      Grind to a fine powder using a mixer and keep aside.


      Soak chana overnight and pressure cook for 15 minutes in medium flame.


      Heat oil in a pan and fry chopped onion until golden. Add ginger garlic paste and sauté until raw smell leaves.
      Add chopped tomato, turmeric powder, salt, garam masala, chilly powder, ground masala powder and cook in low flame until the tomato turns mushy and the masala gets cooked well. Add little water if needed.




      Add the cooked chana along with the water and cook covered for 5 minutes. Mash some chana using the laddle so that the masala gets little thick.


       Cook in low flame until we get the required consistency.
      Add butter and juice of 1/2 lemon and mix well.


      Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and enjoy chole masala with chappathi.



      

      





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