Recipe CookBook

Channa Masala

Cooking time : 30 Minutes

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

Chick peas 2 cups

Onions 2 nos chopped

Tomatoes 2 nos chopped

Green chillies 2 nos chopped

Groundnut oil 1/4 cup

Red chilly powder 1 tspn

Garlic paste 1 tbspn

Ginger paste 1 tbspn

/var/www/hin powder 1/2 tspn

Garam masala powder 1 tspn

Salt use as required

Lime juice 2 tbspns

Yogurt 1 tbspn

Cashew nuts 1/4 cup

Method:

1. Soak the cashew nuts in water for 1 hour. Drain and grind to a paste in a blender. Keep aside

2. Soak the chick peas in water for 1 hour. Cook the chick peas in a pressure cooker till three fourths done. Remove and keep aside.

3. Heat the oil in a kadai. Add the garlic ginger paste and fry for a few seconds over a medium flame.

4. Add the onions, red chilly powder, green chillies, tomatoes, garam masala powder, /var/www/hin powder and the salt.

5. Fry over a medium flame stirring continuously till the oil starts to leave the mixture. (ie the oil gathers on the sides of the kadai)

6. Add the chick peas, cashew paste, yogurt and a little water and cook till the chick peas is cooked and the gravy is thick.

7. Remove from the flame and add the lime juice.

8. Serve hot garnished with the chopped coriander leaves.

Note : The soaking time of the chick peas and the cashew nuts is not included in the cook time.