Chole or chick pea curry

INGREDIENTS:

chick pea or kabuli chana                                 2cups

onion thinly  chopped                                        1 medium size

tomato thinly chopped                                       1 medium size

ginger garlic paste                                              1tsp

cumin seeds                                                         1tsp

bayleaf                                                                 1 big size

hing or asafoetida                                              1pinch

cloves                                                                   2-3

turmeric powder                                                1/2tsp

chole masala                                                       1 tsp

fenugreek leaves or

kasoori methi  dry                                             1/2tsp

oil                                                                         2tsp

salt according to taste

coriander  chopped for garnishing

METHOD:

• Soak chana overnight and pressure cook it with salt for few minutes.
• Heat a pan on medium range , pour oil and add hing, cumin, bayleaf, ginger garlic paste , cook for few seconds.
• Add chopped onion and cook until they become light brown, then add chopped tomato, cook for few min.
• Add turmeric, salt, chole masala , kasoori methi and lastly boiled chana .
• Stir the whole mixture and cook it for 5 min.
• Cover it and switch off the burner and let it simmer for few minutes.
• Garnish it with coriander and chopped onion and serve it hot with puri, naan or batura.