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Ingredients:
- 1 small onion, roughly chopped
- 1 medium garlic clove, finely chopped Half inch ginger, finely chopped
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 2 tsp cumin powder
- Half tsp chilli powder
- Half tsp garam masala
- 1 tomato, roughly chopped
- 1 tin of chick peas, 400-500gms, drained and rinsed
- 1.5 tbsp of sunflower oil
- 1 cup water
- Salt to taste
Method:
- Heat the oil and when hot add the chopped onion. Fry on a high heat until it is translucent.
- Then add the ginger and garlic and fry until the whole mixture starts turning brown.
- Add all the masala powders, bar the garam masala. Fry for five minutes on high and then add half a cup of water. The masala mixture will bubble up. Let it cook until the water dries up.
- Then add the chopped tomato and fry for five minutes until the tomatoes disintegrate. When they do, lower the flame and simmer for 5 minutes until you can see the oil coming out from the sides of the mixture. It may not come through little holes in the mixture because of its thickness. When the oil shows up, add the rinsed chick peas.
- Give it a good stir, add the remaining water, the garam masala powder and simmer until you can see oil appearing on the surface of the gravy and the mixture starts smelling of chick peas rather than pungent masalas.
- Add salt to taste.
Chana Masala