Khana- Indian Recipes and Cuisine

Method

Step 1: Soak the Kabuli chana overnight.
Step 2: Tie the ingredients for the pouch in a muslin cloth.
Step 3: Cook the chana with the soda powder and 1 litre of water.
Step 4: Add 4 tablespoons of oil and the pouch and simmer until cooked.
Step 5: Heat the remaining oil and add the ajwain, stir till it crackles.
Step 6: Add the gram flour and stir till the aroma comes.
Step 7: Add the rest of the ingredients and stir for a minute.
Step 8: Add the cooked chana and mix well.
Step 9: Garnish with the items mentioned for garnishing and serve with kulcha.

Ingredients

Kabuli Chana - 400 gms

Gram flour 20 gms

Oil - 5 tablespoons

Ajwain - 1/2 teaspoon

Anardana powder - 3 tablespoons

Amchoor powder - 2 tablespoons

Chilli powder - 1 tablespoon

Black salt powder - 1/2 tablespoon

Kasoori methi powder - 1/2 tablespoon

Cumin powder - 1 tablespoon

Soda bicarbonate - a pinch

Salt - to taste

For the pouch

Black cardamoms - 6

Cimmamon sticks - 2 inches

Cloves 4

Ginger 20 gms

Tea leaves 1 tablespoon

For garnishing

Tomato 2, sliced

Onion - 1, cut into roundels

Green chillies2, slit

Lemon 3 cut into wedges

Ginger 10 Gms, julienned