Ingredients:

• 1 cup Kabuli chana
• 3 Tomatoes
• 2 Onions
• 1 small piece of Ginger
• 2 pieces of Garlic
• Salt to taste
• 1 pinch black pepper powder
• 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp Garam Masala
• 2 Cloves
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3 tsp oil
• 2 Green chillies

Method:

1. Soak the chana for three hours.
2. Boil it with a pinch of salt and baking soda for 10 minutes.
3. Strain out the chana and preserve the boiled water.
4. In the pressure cooker, heat the oil and add cumin seeds, cloves, fenugreek seeds, chillies, ginger, garlic and onions. Saute the chopped onions till they are pink in colour.
5. Add chopped tomatoes and cook till they are soft.
6. Add the boiled chana, water, coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala and salt.
7. Pressure cook for 15 minutes.
8. Serve with hot white rice.

Recipe courtesy of Megha