GREEN CHANA MASALA / HARA CHANA MASALA

This chana is normally made in punjab and is called choliya.This chana is a variety of white chana and is green in colour.We can make dishes simply with green chana and also as combination with paneer ,aloo ,parattas  chaats etc.Normaly in market we get dried .I got it fresh from our tuesday market..In case of dried chick pea, we have to soak for 1 hr .Today i have used fresh one.

INGREDIENTS:

GREEN CHANA	1 CUP
ONION	1 BIG
TOMATOES	1 MED
POTATOES	2 SMALL
GINGER	1”
GARLIC	5-6 PODS
GREEN CHILLIES	3
CRUSHED CORIANDER SEEDS	½  TSP
TURMERIC PWD	¼ TSP
RED CHILLY PWD	½ TSP
GARAM MASALA PWD	½ TSP
CUMIN SEEDS	¼ TSP
CORIANDER LEAVES	A HAND FUL CHOPPED
OIL	1 TBLSP
WATER	1 CUP
SALT	1 TSP ( AS PER TASTE )

METHOD:

PREPARATION -

1. If using a dried green chana , wash and soak it in 2 cups of clean water for 1 hr
2. Slice the onion in length wise
3. Chop tomatoes, ginger , garlic and green chilies finely
4. Cut the potatoes into cubes
5. Crush coriander seeds and keep aside.

LETS MAKE :)

• In a pressure cooker, add oil, then cumin seeds and crushed coriander seeds and saute 

• Then add the onion , saute for a while and when its soft , add the turmeric pwd, chilly pwd and salt

• When the onion becomes light brown , add the garlic, ginger  and green chillies and stir well
• After few mints add the tomatoes and saute until it becomes mushy

 

• Then add the potatoes and saute well so that whole masalas gets stick to the potatoes 
• Then add the green chana and again stir well

• Add 1 cup of water to it.If u want ur chana to be in drier side, then use less water
• Then add garam masala 

• Now close the lid of the pressure cooker
• Give 2 whistles.I gave 1 in full and second in simmer

• Garnish with coriander leaves

NB:

• If using dried chana, use the half qty and while cooking use the same water in which its soaked.
• You can replace tomato paste instead of raw tomatoes
• I used home made garam masala .In that case we require half the qty than bought one.