Chana Masala

Serving Size : 4

Cooking Time : 20 min

Preparation Time : 30 min

Ingredients

• Chana - 1 cup
• Onion - 1 roughly chopped
• Tomato - 2
• Tomato Paste - 3 tbsp (If you don't have tomato paste add 2 more fresh tomatoes)
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
• Cashew and Almonds - each 3
• Cinnamon -2 small sticks
• Clove - 3
• Chili Powder - 1 tsp
• Coriander Powder - 1 1/2 tsp
• Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
• Kasthuri Methi - 2 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Fresh Cream - 1 tbsp(optional)
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Butter - 2 tbsp

Method

• Wash and soak the chana overnight, and pressure cooked chana with some salt for 3 whistle.
• In a pan add the 1 tbsp oil and 1 tbsp butter, once oil heats up add onion and cashew, almonds saute until translucent.
• Now add tomatoes, chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric, garam masala saute well.
• Now add tomato paste saute until tomato is smashed. Turn off the flame and let it cool completely.
• In a mixy add the sauteed mixture and grind into fine paste.
• In the same pan add remaining oil and butter, now add cinnamon, clove, ginger garlic paste and saute until you get nice aroma from the paste.
• Now add the grind paste, salt and cover cook for 5 min.
• Now add the cooked chana with chana water( it gives more flavor to the dish) and cover cook for another 10 min. So all the flavor get into chana.
• Switch off the flame add kasthuri methi and mix it well. Now add fresh cream and mix it well.
• Serve hot with chapati or roti or phulka and Rice. 

Method With Photo

• Wash and soak the chana overnight.

•  Pressure cooked chana with some salt for 3 whistle.

• In a pan add the 1 tbsp oil and 1 tbsp butter, once oil heats up add onion and cashew, almonds saute until translucent.

• Now add tomatoes, chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric, garam masala saute well.

• Now add tomato paste saute until tomato is smashed.Turn off the flame and let it cool completely.

• In a mixy add the sauteed mixture and grind into fine paste.

• In the same pan add remaining oil and butter, now add cinnamon, clove, ginger garlic paste and saute until you get nice aroma from the paste.

• Now add the grind paste, salt and cover cook for 5 min.

• Now add the cooked chana with chana water and cover cook for another 10 min. So all the flavor get into chana.

• Switch off the flame add kasthuri methi and mix it well.

•  Now add fresh cream and mix it well.

• Serve hot with chapati or roti or phulka and Rice.