Chana Masala.....!!!!

One of my all time fav! Chana Masala!!!

Preparation Time : 10 - 15 mins

Cooking Time : 15 mins

Serves : 2 - 3

Ingredients:

Chana (White chick pea)	1 cup
Onion	2
Ginger	1 pc
Garlic	5 cloves
Green chilly	2
Tomato	1
Cardamom	3
Cloves	3
Cinnamon stick	1 small pc
Bay leaf	1
Cumin seeds	1 tsp
Kashmiri Chilly powder	1 tsp
Turmeric powder	1/2 tsp
Coriander powder	1 tsp
Garam masala	1 tsp
Salt
Oil

Method:

1. Pressure cook the chick pea with enough water and salt and keep aside.

2. Make a paste of kashmiri chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powerder, garam masala with little water and keep aside.

2. Heat oil in a pan and sputter cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf and cumin seeds.

3. Add slices onions in to this and add required salt and saute well.

4. Once onions are done, add ginger, garlic and green chilly and saute again.

5. Add tomato into this and mix well until soft.

6. Once this is done, add the prepared paste into this.

8. Saute this until the raw smell goes off.

9. Now add the cooked chana into this and mix well.

10. Close and cook until the gravy thickens and reaches the desired consistency.

11. Off the flame and add freshly chopped onions and coriander leaves.

12. Serve hot with chapattis :) :)