Monday, November 29, 2010

Channa Masala

Protein Rich Dish

Ingredients 1:
Small Onions - 10
Tomato - 1
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Coriander seeds - 1 tsp
Green chilli - 1
Chilli powder - 2 tsp
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Garlic - 3 cloves

Ingredients 2:
Channa Dhal - soaked overnight
Oil - 2 tsp
Coriander leaves
Clove - 1
Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
salt as required

Method
1. Pressure cook the channa masala. Mash half portion of the cooked dhal and keep the remaining half as such.
2. Grind all the ingredients under ingredients 1 to a fine paste.
3. Heat Oil in a Pan, add clove and cinnamon.
4. Add the ground paste and salt and fry until the raw smell goes.
5. Now add the mashed and unmashed portions of channa dhal to the pan.
6. Cook for five minutes and garnish with coriander leaves.

Yummy channa dhal dish is ready to be served with Pooris/rotis