CHANNA FRY

Ingredients

Chick peas 2 cups

Red chilli 3

Pepper powder 2 tbsp

Grated coconut 1/4 cup

Mustard seeds 1 tsp

Curry leaves 5 leaves

Salt to taste

Oil 2 tbsp

Preparation

1. Soak chickpeas in water for about 6 hours.

2. Pressure cook chickpeas with salt and water for 4 to 5 whistles.

3. Heat a pan, add oil, mustard seeds, after it crackle, add red chilli, curry leaves and cooked chick peas.

4. Add pepper and salt. Mix well.

5. Finally add grated coconut.

6. Serve it as a tea snacks in the evening.

CHOLA TIKKI

Ingredients

Chickpeas 1 cup

Potato 2

Green chilli 2

Ginger small piece

Chopped coriander leaves 3 tbsp

Pepper powder 1/2 tbsp

Chilli powder (optional) 1/2 tbsp

Lemon juice 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil for shallow fry

Preparation

1. Soak chickpeas over night.

2. Boil potatoes and chickpeas with salt. After they cooked, drain the water.

3. To a bowl, add potatoes and chickpeas amd smash with a laddle.

4. Add chopped green chilli, coriander leaves, chopped ginger, pepper, chilli powder and salt. Mix well.

5. Finally add lemon juice and mix.

6. Divide the potato, chickpeas mixture into 8 balls.

7. Make them into a small circle (tikkis) of about half inch thickness.

8. Heat thava, add oil and add tikkis and shallow fry tikkis until both sides of tikkis turns into golden brown.

9. Serve hot.

POTATO CHANNA MASALA

Ingredients

Chickpeas 1 cup

Potato 2

Onion 1

Tomato 1

Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp

Masala powder 1 tbsp

Red chilli powder 1/2 tbsp

Cinnamon 1/2 stick

Cloves 2

Coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Oil 2 tbsp

Preparation

1. Soak chickpeas over night.

2. Heat a pressure cooker, add oil, cinnamon, cloves, chopped onion and ginger garlic paste. Fry well.

3. Add chopped tomatoes, chopped potatoes, chickpeas and salt. Mix well.

4. Add 1 cup water, cover it and after 5 whistle turn off the heat.

5. Turn on the heat, add masala powder and red chilli powder to it.

6. After 5 mts turn off the heat.

7. Garnish with coriander leaves.

8. Serve it with poori, chapati and battura.

CHANNA MASALA

Ingredients

Chickpeas 1 cup

Onion 1

Tomato 1

Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp

Cumin seeds 1 tsp

Garam masala 1 tsp

Cinnamon 1/2 stick

Cloves 2

Bay leaf 1

Green chilli 2

Curry leaves 5 leaves

Coriander leaves 3 tsp

Red chilli powder 1 tsp

Cumin powder 1 tsp

Coriander powder 1 tsp

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Lemon 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil 3 tsp

Preparation

1. Soak chickpeas over night. Boil it.

2. Heat oil in a pan, add cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf and cumin seeds. Fry well.

3. Add chopped onion,salt and fry till it turns golden brown.

4. Add turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, chopped tomatoes and green chillies. Cook well.

5. Add cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilli powder and garam masala powder.

6. Now add cooked chickpeas and add lemon juice.

7. Turn off the heat. Serve it with battura, poori or chapati.