Chana masala

Today’s entry to the weekly marathon is going to be a quick one – chana masala which is a staple at our home.

1. 1 cup black chana/desi chana, soaked overnight or for 6-8 hours and pressure cooked
2. 1 onion, finely chopped
3. 1 tomato, finely chopped
4. A few springs of coriander leaves, finely chopped
5. 1 tsp of rai (mustard seeds)
6. 1/2 tsp of ajwain
7. 1/2 tsp of haldi pdr (turmeric)
8. 1 tsp of freshly crushed ginger-garlic
9. 1 tsp of red chilly pdr
10. 1 tsp of garam masala
11. 1 tsp dhania pdr (coriander)
12. 1 tbsp of kasuri methi
13. 2 tbsp of oil

Heat up the oil and add mustard seeds. When they pop, add ajwain and chopped onion. Saute till slightly brown, add crushed ginger-garlic, kasuri methi and the tomatoes. Saute till tomatoes are soft and oil separates. Add the boiled chana  and adjust salt. Mix everything well and switch off the stove. Garnish with coriander.

Eat it/serve it as a snack or with hot phulkas.

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As 2009 draws to a close, I want to wish all of you a new year filled with love ,health, happiness, warmth and lots and lots of good food!!

Also, my special thanks go out to Nupur, for doing such a great job of organizing the week long marathon where all of us participants posted one recipe per day for a week. Frankly, I didn’t expect to last that long. But with a few minutes of extra effort everyday, I managed to post a new recipe everyday. I started looking forward to Nupur’s creatively written daily roundup posts  She read each and every entry daily, and posted a new recipe on top. Even a bad plumbing problem at home couldn’t stop her. Must say I have a lot of recipes from the marathon that I’ve bookmarked for trying out.

Oh and this marathon has given me a good reason to revive this blog, that has been dormant for a long time. It introduced me to some cool bloggers and got me comments!!! :) Thanks to all the fellow participants -

Anna Parabrahma: Anjali

Home Cook’s Recipes: Lavi

Food for Survival: Unpredictable

Daily Musings: Indosungod

Soup and Dessert: Radhika

Cook’s Hideout: Pavani

The Singing Chef: Raaga

Susvaad: Ramya

Blink and Miss : blinkandmiss

Malabar Spices: Mallugirl

Soulful Creations: Abbhirami

Pieces of paper, squiggly lines: Lavanya

My Foodcourt: Madhuli

Seven Spice: Sonia

Food, Travel, Books and More: Vinaya

Konkani Foodie: Ashwini

Ruchikacooks: Ruchikacook

A Homemaker’s Diary: Sayantani

Le Chaim: Mathangi

Kitchen Gossip: Kanchan

Out Of The Garden: Linda

The World according to Rujuta: Rujuta

Kiss the cook: Manasi

Asankhana: notyet100

Cooking with Koki: Koki

Siri’s Corner: Siri

Eats, Eats & Eats: Sheetal Kiran

Ruchii: Madhu

Jugalbandi: Jai & Bee

Once again, happy new year guys!!

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