Recipe: Appetizing North Indian famous Chana masala

North Indian famous Chana masala.

You can have North Indian famous Chana masala using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of North Indian famous Chana masala

1. Prepare 200 gram of channa.
2. Prepare 2 of onions sliced.
3. Prepare 2 of tomatoes sliced.
4. It's 1 piece of ginger.
5. Prepare 4 of garlic cloves.
6. It's 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
7. You need 1 teaspoon of cumin powder.
8. Prepare 1 teaspoon of garam masala.
9. You need 2 teaspoon of coriander powder.
10. It's 1 teaspoon of Red chilli powder.
11. It's 1 teaspoon of dry mango powder.
12. You need 1 of bay leaf.
13. You need 1 of cinnamon.
14. You need 2 of cardamom.
15. You need 2 of cloves.
16. It's 1/2 teaspoon of cumin seeds.
17. It's as needed of coriander leaves.
18. Prepare to taste of Salt.

North Indian famous Chana masala instructions

1. Initially soak the channas in water for about 8 hours..
2. In a pressure cooker add the soaked channas and leave 4-5 whistles to cook on medium flame..
3. Next step is to heat a pan/kadaai, add 2 teaspoon of oil, 2 onions sliced and all the essential ingredients given above and roast them for 3 minutes. Then add the chopped tomatoes to it. Close it with a lid and cook for 7 minutes..
4. Then turn off the stove, grind the mixture to a fine paste. Next heat a kadaai add 2 teaspoon oil, 1 cinnamon, 1 bayleaf, 2 cloves, 2 cardamom, 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds, 2 green chillies. Then add the grinded masala paste, channas and salt as per taste..
5. Cover with a lid and allow it to cook for 7-8 minutes in medium flame. Finally add some coriander leaves and chopped onion to design masala. Hot and spicy chanamasala is ready to serve hot..