Kala chana | black chana 1/2 cup Onion 1 Tomato 1 Ginger a small piece Garlic 3 pods Red chili powder 1/2 tsp Coriander powder 1/4 tsp Jeera powder 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Garam Masala 1/4 tsp Oil 1 tblsp Coriander leaves to garnish
Soak the kala chana in water for 8 hours. Pressure cook this till 4-5 whistles. Keep it aside. Chop the onions and tomato finely. In a pressure cooker, add little oil and cook the onions till golden brown. When it is done add tomatoes to this and cook in a low flame. Add the ginger and garlic to this.Switch off the flame. Allow this to cool.
Grind this into a fine paste.
In the cooker add remaining oil and add in the ground paste and add the red chili powder, jeera powder , coriander powder, turmeric powder and garam masala. Add little salt. Remember we added little salt while cooking the chana. Cook this in a low flame for 2-3 minutes.
Add the cooked chana to this along with the water. Cover the pressure cooker and cook till 2 whistles. Kala chana masala is ready.
Add coriander leaves. Serve hot with rotis. You can add some round rings of onions while serving. Chana masala paired with roti and onions will be very nice.
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