Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Channa~Aloo

Channa~Aloo is a great combo with poori's. 

Ingredients
Chick peas - 1/2 Cup, soaked overnight (for 6-8 hrs)
Potatoes - 2 Medium
Onion - 1 Large, Chopped
Tomato - 2 Medium
Ginger-garlic Paste - 1 tbsp
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
Channa Masala - 1 tbsp
Amchur - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp 
Salt - as per taste

Procedure
  1. Pressure cook the soaked chick peas and potatoes until 3 whistles, with a pinch of salt.
  2. In a kadai heat oil. Put mustard seeds and cumin seeds, once splutter add ginger-garlic paste.
  3. Mix it and add chopped onions.
  4. Cook till it turns golden brown and add chopped tomatoes.
  5. Cook for  3-5 minutes at a lower flame and add all spices: red chilli powder, turmeric powder, amchur, channa masala and salt.
  6. Mix it properly & add the cooked chickpeas and roughly chopped boiled potatoes.
  7. Let it cook for more 5 minutes at a low flame covered with a lid.
  8. Serve with chopped coriander leaves.
from my kitchen

7 comments:

hotpotcooking said...

nice sidedish.looks yum

Unknown said...

Delicious Dinner!
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Hema said...

The pooris and the potato masala look very tempting..

foodydelight said...

Tempting dish....nice presentation

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Sobha Shyam said...

nice combo and perfect sidedish for rotis..

Anjali Bapna Shukla said...

Wow!! I agree that it is the perfect one to go with pooris...so u guys had a party poori sabji time. :)

Rashida Shaikh said...

Yes you are right, very comfortable dish.