Simple Channa Curry

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Ingredients:

  1. Kabuli chana - 1 cup
  2. Sliced Onion - 2 nos.
  3. Sliced Tomato - 2 nos.
  4. Turmeric - 1 tsp
  5. Red Chilli powder - 1 tbsp
  6. Coriander powder - 2 tbsp
  7. Saunf powder - 1 tbsp
  8. Crushed garlic - 7 to 8 nos.
  9. Coriander leaves (optional for black chana)

Garnish:
  1. Oil
  2. Mustard seeds
  3. Curry leaves 

Preparation:
  1. Soak chana overnight.
  2. Pressure cook chana with sliced onion, salt and water in a cooker until well cooked.
  3. Take oil in a frying pan. Add mustard seeds and wait until it splutters. 
  4. Add crushed garlic and fry till golden brown.
  5. Add curry leaves - optional for kabuli chana.
  6. Add some of the onion and chana to this.
  7. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and coriander powder and fry slightly until the raw smell is gone.
  8. Add saunf powder and if required some chana masala (for kabuli chana).
  9. Now add the remaining chana and water to this mixture.
  10. Add the sliced tomato and cook till they are soft and the gravy becomes slightly thick.
  11. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves (for kabuli chana)