Black Channa Curry

Ingredients:

Black channa   60 g(120 soaked) Ginger   1/4" piece Garlic   2-4 cloves Onion   50 g Tomato   100 g Salt   1 tsp Red chilli powder   1/4 tsp Turmeric powder   1/4 tsp Garam masala   1/4 tsp Fat   3 tsp Coriander leaves   few

  Method:

• Pick and wash the channas. Soak overnight in water. Add about 1¹/2C water and 1/4 t salt and pressure cook in the same water for 30 minutes. (use the water in which channas were soaked).
• Grind onion, garlic and ginger to a fine paste.
• Blanch and cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
• Heat fat in a heavy bottom pan and fry the onion, ginger and garlic paste to golden brown till fat separates.
• Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and tomatoes and fry with the help of little water till the fat separates out.
• Drain channas from water and add to masala and fry for few minutes.
• Add water (in which channas were boiled) and cook for 10 minutes or until well mixed.
• Serve hot sprinkled with garam masala and coriander leaves.