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Chana - Besan Curry

Food


Serves : 4

Required ingredients

1 Cup Chana 
Besan (Gram flour) - 6 tsp.
Wheat flour - 2 tsp

Sour butter milk - 2 cups
Ginger chopped - 1 small piece
Green chilli, chopped - 1
Fresh lime juice - 1 tsp

Water 4-6 cups
Coriander leaves, finely chopped - 1 cup
Oil - 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Spices

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Cummin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Mint powder, dry - 1/2 tsp
Amchur (dry mango powder) - 1/2 tsp
Hing (Asafoateda) - 1 small piece

Method

1. Wash chana and soak in 4 cups of water over night.

2. Boil the chana over medium heat until it becomes soft for about 15 minutes (1 minute in pressure cooker). Drain the water from the chana. Do not throw the water.

3. Add 1cup water to butter milk. Add gram flour and wheat flour and mix thoroughly.

4. Take oil in a deep skillet. Put on medium heat, pour oil. When the oil becomes hot, add cummin seeds. When the cummin seeds splutter, add all the spices, greeen chilli and ginger. Cook for 5 minutes. Add chana and lime juice and stir well. ( You can adjust the quantity of lime juice and amchur powder according to your taste and the level of sourness of butter milk.)

5.Transfer the solution of step 3 into the skillet, add more water to a desired consistency, and put over medium heat. Cook for 15-20 minutes, stir occasionally.

Sprinkle coriander leaves. Serve hot with chappati, roti, tortilla, bread, plain rice, etc.

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