Less oil channa masala

  This channa masala is easy to make and with only a teaspoon of oil. It is healthy as we used little oil.

I will always make this channa masala as I am health conscious. It  is simple to cook within minutes if we had pre soaked channa dhal.

 Chickpea are a good source of manganese. It has a useful amount of iron , folate and vitamin E.

Requirements :

Garbazeno beans – 2 cup

Onion – 1

 Tomato – 3

Ginger – 1’’ piece

Garlic – 5 cloves

Cinnamon – 2’’ piece

Cloves – 2

Cardamom – 1

Cumin – ½ tsp

Dry chilly – 6

Oil – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Method :

 Soak the garbazeno beans for 10 hours and pressure cook.

Heat oil in a pan , add cumin seeds and allow to splutter.

 Add  chopped onion and sauté well.

Add cardamom , cinnamon and cloves .

Add ginger  , garlic and mix well.

Add dry chilly and tomatoes. Sauté well till fully mashed.

Cool this masala and grind into a fine paste.

Add this grounded masala to the same pan and allow to cook with a cup of water.

Add cooked channa and required salt.

Cook for five minutes.

Garnish with chopped onion and coriander leaves.

Serve with roti or poori.

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