Potato Channa Masala

Ingredients needed :

• White Chick peas - 2 cups
• Potato 
• Onion  - 2
• Tomato - 1
• Cardomon - 1
• Cloves - 2
  
• Fennel seeds - little 
• Salt
• Chilli powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Garam masala powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Turmeric powder - a pinch 
• Lemon juice 
• Oil
• Corriander leaves

To grind : 

• Ginger - little piece
• Cashews - 5
• Coconut  - little
• Whole Dhaniya (Corriander seeds ) - 2 tsp.
• Cloves - 2
• Jeera - 1/2 tsp.
• Khus khus / Poppy seed - little
• Dried red chilli  - 2 
• Onion - 1/2
• Tomato - 1
• Garlic Clove  - 1

Method :



           Soak chickpea overnight and pressure cook till done (add little salt to it) Chop onions, tomatoes, grate coconut, chop the potatoes and keep it immersed in  water .

Take a small bowl add little water and add all the given ingredients listed in  to grind list and soak it for few mins. expect Onion , garlic & Tomato .Heat a saucepan and add little water and add the chopped potatoes + little salt and allow it to cook well (make sure it is not over done ) .

Heat a kadai add a tsp. of oil and 1/2 roughly chopped onions + 1 garlic clove + little salt  and fry it for few mins. then add 1 roughly chopped tomato and fry it few secs. Take a blender and add the fried onion + tomato + garlic and soaked ingredients and make it into fine paste .

Heat a kadai again and add  2 tsp. of oil and add fennel seeds + cardamon + cloves + chopped onions + tomatoes + little salt + chilli powder + garam masala powder + turmeric powder  and fry it for few mins. then add the grinded paste and cook it for few mins. 

To this add the cooked potatoes + boiled chickpeas + lemon juice  if needed add little water and allow it to cook well till done and garnish with coriander leaves...goes well with chapathi .