Channa Masala # 1

Ingredients:

  Channa - 1 cup(soak in water overnight)
  Tomato - 1
  Onion - 1
  Cloves - 2
  Cinnamon stick - small piece
  Green chilly - 2 or Red chilly powder - 1tbsp
  Curd - 1/2 tbsp
  Cashews - 6
  Chat Masala - Pinch(optional)
  Salt, Water, Oil - As reqd.

Method:

• Pressure cook channa (add little salt) and set aside.
• Heat oil in pan and add cloves, cinnamon.
• Then add onion and tomato and saute.
• Add the chilly or chilly powder, cashews, salt.
• Let it cool and then  add few boiled channa to it and grind it.
• Heat oil in pan and add the grinded paste.
• Let it boil for few mins, then add curd and boiled channa.
• Cook for few mins. Add Chat masala.
• Garnish with coriander leaves(you can also garnish with finely chopped onions).
• Goes good with Parota, chapati and poori.

Variation #1:

• Instead of channa, you can add finely chopped cauliflower.
• Add turmeric powder, salt and boil cauliflower.
• Finely chop it and add to gravy.
• And that's Cauliflower chops gravy.

Variation #2:

• Instead of channa you can add paneer.
• Saute Paneer in oil and put in luke warm water.
• Add this to gravy.
• And that's Paneer Gravy.
• If you use butter instead of oil then its paneer butter masala.