Kala Chana

Ingredients

• Chickpeas

  garbanzo beans, bengal gram, mature seeds, raw

  1 cup or 200g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Onions

  Raw

  2 medium or 220g

• Tomato puree

  Canned, without salt added

  2 cup or 500g

Directions

1. 1 cup kala chana / black chickpea ▢water (for soaking and cooking) ▢½ tsp salt 1 tbsp oil ▢1 bay leaf ▢1 inch cinnamon ▢1 pod black cardamom ▢1 star anise ▢4 cloves ▢2 pod cardamom ▢1 tsp cumin ▢2 onion (finely chopped) ▢1 tbsp ginger garlic paste ▢½ tsp turmeric ▢1 tbsp chilli powder ▢1 tsp coriander powder ▢½ tsp cumin powder ▢½ tsp garam masala ▢1 tsp aamchur ▢pinch hing ▢2 cup tomato puree ▢¾ tsp salt ▢3 tbsp coriander (chopped) ▢2 chilli ▢1 tbsp kasuri methi (crushed)