Chole Masala

Ingredients:

Channa - 100 g
Garlic - 3
Cinnamon stick - small piece
Green Elaichi - 1
Cloves - 2
Black pepper corns - 4
Bay Leaf - 1
Water - 125 ml
Tea powder - 1 tbsp
Onion - 1 (paste)
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tbsp
Tomato puree - 1 1/2 (puree)
Green Chilly - 1 or Green Chilly sauce - 1/2 tbsp
Ginger Julianne - Little
Corinader powder - 1/2 tbsp
Kashmiri Chilly powder - 1/2 tbsp
Cumin powder - 1/4 tbsp
Boiled Water - As reqd
Oil - 3 tbsp
Kasoori methi - Little
Coriander leaves - Little
Salt - As reqd

Method:

• Soak channa overnight and strain water and set aside.
• To this add garlic, cinnamon stick, elaichi, cloves and bay leaf.
• Add in pepper corns, salt.
• In a bowl add 125 ml of water and to this add tea powder.
• Mix well and then strain it and add it to channa.
• Now pressure cook in medium flame for 5-6 whistles.
• Now heat oil in pan and add onion puree.
• Cook in low flame till it turns in brown color.
• Now add ginger julianne, ginger  garlic paste, tomato puree and saute.
• Add in salt(we have already added while boiling channa so add acc).
• Cook till oil oozes out.
• Add in chilly sauce or deseeded chilly.
• Add in spice powders and mix well.
• Cook for 2-3 mins.
• Now add boiled channa and if needed add boiled water.
• Cover and cook till it thickens.
• Add in kasoori methi and coriander leaves.
• Mix well and cook for a min.
• Goes good with chola poori.