Pasta N Roasted Channa/Chickpea Soup

Ingredients:

Small Spiral Pasta - 1/2 cup
Channa/Chickpea - 1/4 cup
Onion - 1 (fine chop)
Garlic - 2 (crushed)
Tomato - 2 1/2 (puree)
Green capsicum - 1 (small, fine chop)
Sweet Corn - 3 tbsp
Black pepper powder - 3/4 tsp
Mixed herbs - 1 tsp
Chilly Flakes - a pinch
Garam Masala  - 1/4 tsp
Chole Masala - 1/2 tsp
Pav Bhaji Masala - 1/4 tsp
Kashmiri Chilly powder - a pinch
Corn flour - 1 tsp
Hot Water - 3 cups + Little
Butter - a tbsp
Oil - a tsp
Salt - As reqd

Method:

• Soak the chickpeas/channa overnight.
• Pressure cook by adding little salt and set this aside.
• Now in a pan add in butter.
• Add in onion and saute in low flame.
• Add in garlic and saute.
• Add in tomato puree and mix well.
• Add in sugar, salt, pepper powder and mix well.
• Add in 3 cups of hot water and let it boil for a min.
• If you are using raw pasta, add at this stage.
• Add in the veggies, garam masala, cumin powder and mixed herbs.
• Once pasta is cooked ,mix corn flour in 2 tbsp of water and add it.
• Add in chilly flakes and mix well and turn off range.
• Now in other pan add in oil.
• Reduce the flame to low, add in chole masala.
• Add in pav bhaji masala, chilly powder and little salt and mix well.
• Add in cooked channa (without water).
• Toss well and cook for min 8-10 mins till it is crisp.
• Transfer the soup to serving bowl and top with roasted chickpea/Channa.