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Summary

Preparation Time15 MinCooking Time30 Min

Ready In45 MinDifficulty LevelEasy

Health IndexHealthy++Servings4

CuisineIndianCourseMain Dish

TasteSavourSpecialityPregnancy

VegetarianVeganMain IngredientBeans

Interest GroupHealthy

Ingredients

1 cup chick peas (Soak overnight and pressure cook for 4 whistles)

2 med. sized onions (Chopped)

2 tomatoes (chopped)

1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

2 green chillies (slit)

cilantro (chopped, for garnishing)

salt to taste

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

3 cloves

1" cinnamon

2 bay leaves

2 green cardamom

2 tbsp chana masala powder

3 tbsp oil

1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp pav bhaji masala (Optional) (I like adding little pav bhaji masala to this dish. Usually chhole is prepared without using pavbhaji masala)

Recipe for chana masala powder:

1. Dry roast 2 tbsp cumin seeds, 3 tbsp coriander seeds, 2- 1"cinnamon sticks, 10 cloves, 1 black cardamom (badi elaichi), 1/2 tsp ajwain/carom seeds, 2 tsp black pepper corns, 1tsp kasoori methi/dry fenugreek leaves, 5 sichuan pepper/triphal, 2 tbsp dry pomegranate seeds/anardana, 10 bay leaves and 10 dry red chillies.

2. Cool and grind. Add 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp black salt/kala namak and 1 tsp dry mango powder/amchur.

3. Cool and store in an air tight container.

Chana masala powder recipe by Sanjeev Kapoor

Directions

1. Heat oil in a pan and add cloves, cinnamon, green cardamom, bay leaves and cumin seeds.
2. Once the cumin seeds crackle, add ginger garlic paste. Saute for a while.
3. Add chopped onions and slit green chillies and fry till golden brown.
4. Add turmeric powder and salt. Add chopped tomatoes and cook till they are mushy.
5. Add chana masala and mix well.
6. Now add the cooked chana (along with water in which it has been cooked) and bring it to a boil.
7. Now sprinkle garam masala powder and pav bhaji masala and mix well.
8. Cover and cook on a low flame for about 10-15 minutes.
9. Serve hot garnished with cilantro.